SUNNYVALE, Calif.– Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that it has appointed Mr. Ilan Daskal to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 9, 2015. Mr. Daskal will assume responsibility for worldwide finance operations, information technology, and investor relations. Mr. Daskal brings more than twenty years of finance experience to Cepheid, […]

Tokyo, Japan — Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce that, as of April 1, 2015, Mr. Yoichi Yokomizo succeeded Mr. Wes Hardenburg to become President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Rigaku Americas Holding Company, Inc. (RAH). Mr. Hikaru Shimura, Rigaku Corporation Chairman and CEO, said that this change was made “in order to better […]

VENLO, The Netherlands -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that all current members of the Supervisory Board will stand for re-election for the standard one-year term at the next Annual General Meeting on June 23, 2015. In addition, Dr. Werner Brandt, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, has decided to […]

RYE BROOK, N.Y. — Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced that Steven Leung will join the company as Senior Vice President and President, Emerging Markets, effective April 1, 2015. In this newly created position, Leung will lead the company’s commercial operations […]

SAN DIEGO — BioNano Genomics, Inc., the leader in genome mapping, announced today the appointment of Terry Salyer as chief commercial officer. Salyer has more than 20 years of experience building highly effective, worldwide sales teams in life sciences. At BioNano, Salyer will oversee the commercialization of BioNano’s Irys® System, a genome-mapping platform to assemble […]

Biolin Scientific is pleased to announce the hiring of Duncan Jarman for the role of Sales Manager EMEA, supporting the Sophion brand of ion channel screening instrumentation. Duncan has 14 years of experience supporting ion channel analysis and screening in a variety of roles including Product Management at Millipore and Business Management at Cytomyx. More […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors, effective in July. Dr. Podolsky’s appointment increases Agilent’s board to 10 members. “We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Podolsky to […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Mike McMullen, president and chief operating officer of the company, has been elected chief executive officer by its board of directors, effective immediately. His appointment is part of Agilent’s previously announced CEO transition plan. McMullen succeeds William (Bill) Sullivan, who becomes a company […]