Marc N. Casper has served on our Board of Directors since February 2003. Mr. Casper is Senior Vice President of Thermo Electron Corporation, which provides instrumentation and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and industrial laboratory markets. Previously, Mr. Casper served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Kendro Laboratory Products, which produces sample preparation and processing equipment. In 1997, Mr. Casper joined Dade Behring, Inc., which provides products and systems serving the global clinical diagnostics market, as Executive Vice President for Europe, Asia and Intercontinental. He was promoted to President-Americas in 1999. Mr. Casper started his career with Bain & Company as a strategy consultant and later joined Bain Capital, a leading leveraged-buyout firm. Mr. Casper is a member of the board of directors of the Analytical and Life Science Systems Association. Mr. Casper received a B.A. from Wesleyan University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. |