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Former Director, Software Engineering at GE Healthcare

Life Science Partner recruited Saty Seshan, MS, a seasoned software development executive, to become Senior Director, Software Engineering for Immucor.

Immucor is a global in vitro diagnostics company and a world-class leader in the development, manufacturing, and sale of products used by hospital blood banks, clinical laboratories and blood donor centers.

Seshan will serve as the leader of Immucor’s Software Engineering team and report to the Chief Scientific Officer, Vice President, Research and Development.  Seshan will be responsible for driving the development and managing the execution of high quality, integrated cross-functional plans for software projects.

During his tenure at GE Healthcare, Seshan was responsible for managing a global software organization of 100 engineers.  He was in charge of the vision, strategy, technical direction, team development, execution, and financials of the software business.  “Seshan is an enthusiastic, high-energy individual who has the ability to motivate others to accomplish their critical tasks,” stated Tom Callaway, MD, President of Life Science Partner.  “He is a leader, having built a global team that integrates complex units to provide increasing clinical utility and lower cost for imaging solutions.”

Seshan earned a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the M.K. University in Karaikudi, India.  Additionally, he received his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.

Life Science Partner recruits former Senior Manager, Assistant Director Program Management for Life Technologies

Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Erik Greenfield, a Six Sigma Black Belt engineer, to Immucor to become Senior Director, Program Management for the company.

Immucor is a global in vitro diagnostics company specializing in the area of pre-transfusion diagnostics. The Company is the global leader in the development, manufacture, and sale of products used by hospital blood banks, clinical laboratories, and blood donor centers to detect and identify certain properties of human blood prior to patient transfusion.

“Greenfield has an engineer’s perspective on program management and is an experienced strategist who transforms strategic plans into workable solutions and benchmarks performance against key operational goals.” noted Tom Callaway, MD, founder and president of Life Science Partner.  “His high energy and do-it-yourself attitude will fit well with the entrepreneurial environment at Immucor.”

At Life Technologies, he was responsible for coordinating and managing the overall project schedules worldwide for the molecular and cell biology groups.  He drove new product commercialization timelines and budgets for all aspects of product development from concept to project closure.  Previously, Greenfield served as Manager, Business Development & Integration Projects (M&A), at PerkinElmer – Life & Analytical Sciences.

Greenfield received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio University in Athens, OH.  He earned his Masters in Biomedical Engineering from George Washington University.  Greenfield is Six Sigma Black Belt certified.

About Life Science Partner

Life Science Partner’s high-quality executive, research and professional placement services target the very specific needs of life sciences and healthcare organizations. We identify and recruit the brightest talent in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, academic and healthcare services fields.  Our combined scientific backgrounds and senior management experience give us the scientific literacy and business knowledge to help us better understand challenges, refine requirements and work more effectively with our life science clients.