John C. Anderson

Prior to joining the company in 2004 he served as President and CEO of Array Automation LLC, an affiliate of Affymetrix and joint venture with Beckman Coulter. While at Beckman Coulter he held several key executive positions through 2002. His last position was Director, Corporate Strategic Technology Investments and Director, Advanced Technology Program Management. He was responsible for Corporate Wide Technology Planning for Beckman Coulter. In this role he focused on substantially integrating and expanding Beckman Coulter's technology portfolio value and accelerating corporate growth. Beginning in 1994 he was appointed Director of Corporate Strategic Planning responsible for development of the Corporate Strategic Plan, which included a series of strategic acquisitions which doubled revenues to $2 billion. In 1998, his responsibilities were expanded to include Directorship of Program Management for the Beckman Coulter Advanced Technology Center. In this role he was responsible for managing the early phase development of new technology programs for the corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Genetics from the University of Arizona. He served as the Co-chair of the Board of Directors and President of the Life Science Industry Council and is now Board Member Emeritus. He served as Co-chair of AdvaMed's (HIMA) Orange County Innovation Council, member of UCLA Biomedical Engineering and USC Regulatory Programs Advisory Boards.

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