David Macdonald, CEO & Lead Catalyst

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Mr. Macdonald has a strong track record of success with 35 years of international experience developing and commercializing clinical diagnostic products and laboratory services.

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Mr. Macdonald has served in CEO and COO roles for over 25 years, most recently as the CEO at First Light Diagnostics, and formerly as a Division President, COO and Vice President at Quest Diagnostics.  He has raised over $160 million privately in both equity and debt financings and he has led a series of companies through successful exits.  Mr. Macdonald is a result-oriented, decisive leader with biotech industry expertise in wide variety of medical diagnostic systems, molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine, pharma collaboration, medical devices, research products, and laboratory services.  He has an extensive successful track record in M&A integration, fund raising, strategic planning, and business plan execution in complex life science companies, large and small, public, and private.  Mr. Macdonald has been an invited speaker at a variety of industry events and has served on several industry Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors.  David holds a BSBA degree in Management and Finance from Northeastern University and a MBA degree from Babson College with a focus on Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

 

Current Roles:

•    Medical Catalyst, LLC, CEO and Lead Catalyst

•    AMLo Biosciences Ltd., Non-Exec Member of the Board of Directors

•    Veramarx, Member of the Board of Directors

•    Up Therapeutics, Business Advisor

•    Accelevir, Business Advisor

 

Former Full-Time Roles:

•    CEO and Board Member, First Light Diagnostics

•    CEO and Board Member, Agendia

•    CEO and Board Member, AltheaDx

•    CEO and Board Member, Nanomix

•    COO, Nanogen

•    CEO and Board Member, Progeny Systems

•    Div. President/COO, Nichols Institute Dx & Vice President, Quest Dx

•    Operations leadership, Nova Biomedical & Behring Diagnostics

 

Former Advisory and Board of Directors Roles:

•    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Strategic Advisory Board Member

•    California Med Tech Advisory Board Member

•    AdvaMedDx Board of Directors

•    AdvaMed Emerging Growth Company Council Board of Directors

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