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William Hawkins and Nicholas Nacleiro

Jun 30, 2016

Baebies has appointed William Hawkins and Nicholas Nacleiro to its board of directors. Hawkins has held several leadership positions at Medtronic, including chairman and CEO. Prior to Medtronic, he held senior leadership positions at several prominent healthcare companies, including Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly. Nacleiro is a founding partner of Illumina Ventures. Previously, he served as senior vice president of corporate and venture development at Illumina, and co-founded or served in leadership positions at numerous diagnostic and life science firms, including Quanterix, ParAllele Bioscience, True Materials, and Motorola Life Sciences.

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