Blue Heron Biotechnology, Inc. Names John Fess Chief Executive Officer.BOTHELL, Wash. -- Blue Heron Biotechnology, Inc., a leader in gene synthesis, today announced that John Fess has been named Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Fess succeeds John Mulligan, Ph.D., Blue Heron's founder who will become the company's Board Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer. "This critical management change reflects Blue Heron's commitment to continued growth and to meeting our customers' increasingly complex requirements. John's leadership is key to Blue Heron's existing operations as well as its future success," Dr. Mulligan mul·li·gan n. A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. [Probably from the name Mulligan.] Noun 1. remarked. Previously, as Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Blue Heron Bio, Mr. Fess oversaw Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, and Information Systems and directed ongoing redesign and deployment of critical business systems. Mr. Fess brings 25 years of experience to Blue Heron from assignments at companies ranging from startups to Fortune 5, in the oil, semiconductor and computer-related industries. He holds degrees in Math, Computer Science, and Operations Research operations research Application of scientific methods to management and administration of military, government, commercial, and industrial systems. It began during World War II in Britain when teams of scientists worked with the Royal Air Force to improve radar detection of from Stanford and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . "I'm very eager to take on this new challenge to guide Blue Heron to a new level of capability. Blue Heron has accomplished some amazing things in its five-year history and I see my primary task as freeing up some very talented people to continue to do what they do best," Mr. Fess commented. About Blue Heron Blue Heron Biotechnology is a pioneer and leader in the gene synthesis market, producing nearly ten million base pairs of DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. since its inception in 1999. Blue Heron's proprietary GeneMaker[R] technology provides customers access to complex synthesized genes that are difficult or impossible to synthesize with other companies' standard processes. Blue Heron regularly produces both simple and complex genes from less than 100 base pairs to over 20,000 base pairs. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion