Mike Cavanaugh has over 25 years experience managing sales, marketing and business development, with a strong emphasis in biotechnology-related products and services. Prior to joining Laureate in 2005, Mr. Cavanaugh served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales Support for North America with Amersham/GE Healthcare where he was responsible for products that included instruments and reagents for genomics, proteomics, screening, cellular analysis and preclinical imaging. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Cavanaugh held the position of Senior Director of Business Development Europe at Gene Logic, Inc. where he successfully expanded the company’s gene expression bioinformatics business to several large and medium sized pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Mr. Cavanaugh’s career includes broad experience obtained through sales and marketing positions at Life Technologies (now part of Invitrogen), BioMerieux, Organon Teknika, and the MicroScan Division of Baxter. Mr. Cavanaugh earned a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) and a Masters in Clinical Microbiology with a minor in Biochemistry from Hahnemann Medical College (Philadelphia, PA). |