Ted Goldstein is a Silicon Valley tech executive turned cancer researcher. After a successful career and an instrumental role as top executive at Apple, Ted returned to College to obtained his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Biomolecular Engineering to study cancer and to approach the disease the way software engineers approach difficult problems. Scientific Program Director at the Institute of Computational Health Sciences, UCSF. Previous Apple Tech Executive who spearheaded the software tools and technologies group, who turned into a cancer researcher. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx