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Myriad Genetics: Kevin Haas, Faith Zaslavsky

Feb 19, 2021

Myriad Genetics has promoted Kevin Haas and Faith Zaslavsky. Haas, will be Myriad's new chief technology officer and report to CEO Paul Diaz. He has held various senior level positions in R&D, bioinformatics, engineering, and technology since joining the company in 2013. Zaslavsky will be president of the Myriad Oncology business unit, which she has been general manager of since 2019.

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