Mr. Williams is President & CEO of
HandyLab Inc in Ann Arbor which is dedicated to the
development and manufacture of novel clinical diagnostic
testing products.
Jeff was previously employed as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Genomic Solutions
Inc., an Ann Arbor-based life science instrumentation
company he co-founded in 1997. He led Genomic Solutions
through a period of rapid growth culminating in an IPO on
Nasdaq in 2000 and merger with Harvard Biosciences, Inc. in
late 2002. After the merger, Jeff remained with Genomic
Solutions as its President and joined the Harvard Board of
Directors.
Prior to Genomic Solutions, Jeff was Chief Operating Officer
of International Remote Imaging Systems (IRIS), a
publicly-traded, California-based company specializing in
digital imaging for the clinical diagnostic and research
markets. Prior to IRIS, he spent approximately five years at
Boehringer Mannheim (now part of Hoffman LaRoche), a $4
billion healthcare company with interests in clinical
diagnostics, orthopedics, therapeutics, and research
chemicals. In his last position at Boehringer, Jeff was
located in the company's global headquarters in Mannheim,
Germany, where he served as Vice President and Global
Business Manager for a $100+ million clinical diagnostic
business. Jeff held previous positions with Boehringer in
general management, strategic planning and marketing. Prior
to Boehringer, he was employed in the Organon Pharmaceutical
division of Akzo Nobel.
Jeff received a B.S. in Biology (summa cum laude) from Alma
College and an MBA with high distinction from the University
of Michigan.
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