Mr. Evan Jones, M.B.A., serves as Managing Member and Executive Chairman of jVEN Capital, LLC. Mr. Jones founded jVEN Capital, LLC in July 2007. Mr. Jones has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at OpGen, Inc. since October 2013 and served as its President from October 2013 to April 2015. He served as an Interim Chief Executive Officer at OpGen, Inc. from December 2009 to June 2010 and served as its Chairman since September 1995 and Director since July 1990. He served as the Chief Executive Officer from July 1990 to November 22, 2006 and President from July 1990 to June 1999 at QIAGEN Gaithersburg Inc., which he founded in July 1990. Mr. Jones was a Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Digene Corporation. From 1988 to September 1990, he served as the President at Neomorphics, Inc. From 1987 to 1990, He served as an Associate at CW Group, Inc. He has also worked at Applied Biosystems, Inc. From 1983 to 1987, he was employed at Perkin-Elmer Corporation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Foundation Medicine and Research!America. He serves as the Chairman of the Campaign for Public Health and served as the Chairman of the Board of Children's Research Institute at the Children's National Medical Center. He serves as Vice Chairman of Children's National Health System. He has been an Independent Director at Foundation Medicine, Inc. since January 2013. He has been a Director of Veracyte, Inc. since February 2008. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Children's Research Institute where he was Chairman and Children's National Medical Center and the Board of Visitors of the University Of Maryland College Of Life Sciences. He served as a Director of Fluidigm Corporation from April 4, 2011 until August 1, 2017. He served as the Chairman of Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC from June 2008 to May 2010. He has more than 30 years of operating and investment experience in the life sciences industry, where he founded or helped start numerous life sciences companies. He received an M.B.A. from Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in biochemistry from the University of Colorado.