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Christian Marcazzo

Sep 11, 2018

The IDBS informatics division of Danaher has hired Christian Marcazzo as vice president and general manager. Marcazzo comes to UK-based IDBS from PerkinElmer Informatics, where he had been VP for analytics and search. In his new role, Marcazzo will be responsible for all profit and loss functions, including developing and executing a business strategy, evaluating growth opportunities, and hiring sales and professional services personnel. Danaher bought IDBS in October 2017.

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