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Quanterix: Brian Blaser

Jan 13, 2023

Quanterix has appointed Brian Blaser to is board of directors. Blaser has more than 25 years of senior leadership experience in the in vitro diagnostics industry, including 15 years at Abbott Laboratories where he was responsible for the global diagnostics organization. More recently, Blaser was senior advisor to McKinsey and is currently a director and chair of the audit committee for Rockley Photonics. He has also served in operations, finance, and engineering roles with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (part of Johnson & Johnson), Eastman Kodak, and General Motors. Blaser holds an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Dayton.

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