After 15 years of working in big pharma — on both the commercial and R&D sides at Abbott Laboratories and most recently as global VP of oncology, metabolic, and cardiovascular commercial franchises at Searle-Monsanto — Hollis Kleinert, the new CEO of Protometrix, had very specific requirements for her next “adventure.”

“I was looking for a great technology, with wonderful people to work with,” says Kleinert, who moved to the Guilford, Conn., protein-chip company from Chicago.