James Wisecarver

Centogene has appointed Carsten Ullrich its director of artificial intelligence. He will direct the firm's use of AI to enhance diagnostic effectiveness and quality, and to discover new insights, accelerate biomarker development, and drive solutions for drug firms. Ullrich was most recently associate head of a research lab and senior researcher at the German Research Center for Artifidal Intelligence. 

SenzaGen has appointed Axel Sjöblad its CEO, effective June 17. He replaces Anki Malmborg Hager who was CEO for five years and is becoming a member of the firm's board. Sjöblad was most recently CEO of BioGaia. Before that, he was president of sales and service North Europe and CEO of Getinge Sverige. He also was regional vice president Northern European markets at Gambro. Based in Sweden SenzaGen develops in vitro assays for immunotoxicity testing.

Andrew Connerty has been appointed vice president of quality assurance and regulatory affairs for First Light Diagnostics. He has more than 25 years of quality systems management expertise at a strategic and tactical level and has worked at Johnson & Johnson, Confluent Surgical, SeraCare Life Sciences, RainDance Technologies, and Bio-Rad Laboratories. 

Bio-Rad Laboratories has appointed Ilan Daskal as executive vice president and CFO. Daskal previously served as CFO of Lumileds, a lighting manufacturer formed in 1999 as a joint venture between Philips Lighting and Agilent Technologies. He will replace Christine Tsingos, who is retiring.

Quest Diagnostics said in a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Michael Deppe was elected vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer and the company's principal accounting officer. Deppe joined Quest in 1998 and has served in various account and finance leadership positions, including president of finance-enterprise operation and IT from August 2015 to March 2019. Before joining the company, he started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

Mologic has announced the opening of a US subsidiary and key appointments for its US and United Kingdom sites.

The firm announced Steve Fletcher as president and chief commercial officer of Mologic Inc. and head of the firm's US headquarters located just outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

Fletcher has more than 25 years of experience in leading marketing, product, and business operations for global healthcare companies, including 3M, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and GC America.

Mologic also appointed Tim Dwyer as its chief technology officer. Dwyer is a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology with more than 19 years of experience in the design and development of diagnostic devices on multiple immunoassay platform technologies.

The firm appointed Joseph Fitchett as its chief medical officer and head of global health to support the expansion of its UK facilities. In his previous role as a program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Fitchett advanced the foundation’s bilateral partnerships with European Union donors, including advancing the manufacturing capacity of yellow fever vaccine and infectious disease surveillance and control, at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar.

In the US, Mologic also appointed Stephen Crossland as vice president of sales and business development and Andrew Wheeler as R&D manager.

Quanterix said this week that it has appointed Amol Chaubal as CFO, effective April 12, 2019. He replaces Joseph Driscoll, who is stepping down as CFO. Chaubal joins Quanterix from medical device firm Smith & Nephew, where he currently serves as CFO of global operations. Prior to Smith & Nephew, he served as corporate VP and head of finance for Parexel's CRS business, and has also held various roles at Novartis, including CFO North America – Vaccines & Diagnostics.