Frank Witney

Gyros Protein Technologies has appointed Frank Witney as a chairman of the board. Witney succeeds David Patterson, who remains at the company as a director. Most recently, Witney served as president and CEO of Affymetrix, which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in March 2016. He also served as president and CEO of Dionex, which was also acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, and has held executive roles at various companies — he was president and CEO of Panomics, which was acquired by Affymetrix, and chief operating officer of Packard Biosciences, which was acquired by PerkinElmer.