BSc in Microbiology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. 1991-2000, co-founded MetaChem Technologies, a company active in analytical chemistry products and acquired by Ansys in 2000; 2000-02, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Ansys, a supplier of devices for life science and diagnostic markets; 2002-06, Vice-President, Marketing, Varian. Since 2007, current position.