Eric Whitaker has served as General Counsel of 10x Genomics since 2017 and is responsible for all legal matters. Eric brings experience as chief counsel in high-growth companies including as Chief Legal Officer of Nutanix, Chief Legal Officer of SanDisk, General Counsel of Tesla and General Counsel at Lexar. Eric started his career at Latham & Watkins specializing in intellectual property and antitrust litigation. He has served on NASDAQ's Silicon Valley Advisory Committee and the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School. Eric earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University.