First Light Diagnostics: Joanne Spadoro

First Light Diagnostics announced that Joanne Spadoro is the company's COO. Last September she joined the company as VP of R&D and regulatory affairs. Previously, Spadoro was senior VP of product development and operations at Roche Molecular Systems, leading the teams that launched PCR-based products globally for infectious disease diagnostics, viral load monitoring, and blood screening applications. 

She also served as CSO and worldwide VP of operations at Immucor, developing the company's molecular immunohematology test for the detection of extended blood antigens. Spadoro was also previously the COO at T2 Biosystems.