Invitae Corporation announced that Sean George, Ph.D., its co-founder and current president and chief operating officer, has been named chief executive officer for the company. Current chairman and chief executive officer Randy Scott will become executive chairman of the board of directors and remain full time at the company. The appointments are effective immediately. Dr. George was a co-founder and CEO of Locus Development, an early stage genetic analysis startup, that changed its name to Invitae in 2012 when it combined with a team from the Invitae subsidiary of Genomic Health led by Dr. Scott. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer at Navigenics, as well as in various leadership roles at Affymetrix and Invitrogen.