Headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Genentech was founded in 1976 by biochemist Dr. Herbert Boyer and Robert A. Swanson. From 1995 to 2009 Arthur Levinson became CEO of Genentech; he is currently Ian T. Clark. Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that uses human genetic information to discover, develop, manufacture, and market medicines to treat people with serious or life-threatening medical conditions (2014). Biotechnology is the technology based on the science of cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve people's lives and the health of our environment. The way biotechnology uses cellular and biomolecular processes is by using molecular mechanisms through which genetic and metabolic processes occur in plant, animal and microbial organisms. Using this technology it provides innovative products and technologies to fight rare and debilitating diseases, reduce environmental impact, feed the hungry, use less and cleaner energy and have safer, cleaner and more efficient industrial production processes. The numerous factors that are trying to prevent in our environment overall affect our human health. Genentech provides products in the areas of immunology, oncology, and tissue growth and repair disorders. For example, scientists are finding ways to prevent the spread of cancerous cell tissue growth from metastatic breast cancer. Genentech has not only become a leading biotechnology company, but is known as much for its human resources programs as it is for the development and commercialization of new products. . Human resources programs contribute to the overall success of the company and provide a culture that improves work-life balance for every employee. CEO... middle of the paper... part of the reason Genentech is a great place to work. Collaboration is easy and often encouraged, which explains why employees' ideas are listened to and their creativity is widely expressed and accepted. Genentech will continue to grow over time, just as it continues to grow internally with its employees and externally with its community. Works Cited1. Nelson, D. L., & Quick, J. C. (2010). Stress and well-being at work. In the ORGB. Mason, OH: Southwest Cengage Learning.2. Nelson, D. L., & Quick, J. C. (2013). Stress and well-being at work. In the ORGB. Mason, OH: Southwest Cengage Learning.3. Genentech: making drugs that matter. (n.d.). Retrieved February 4, 2014, from http://www.gene.com4. Five critical conditions for employee engagement. (n.d.). Retrieved February 3, 2014, from http://www.masteryworks.com/newsite/clientimpact/impact_archives_jan08.htm