Press Release
RainDance Appoints Kelly Chief Operating Officer
LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, June 2, 2008 — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced the appointment of Roch W. Kelly as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
“As RainDance solutions enter commercial development, Mr. Kelly is the ideal leader to establish our manufacturing and financial capabilities,” said Chris McNary, President and Chief Executive Officer, RainDance Technologies. “With more than 20 years of experience in life sciences, he brings a proven record of successfully implementing the process and controls in these critical areas to meet the anticipated demand for our products.”
Kelly joins RainDance from Synarc, Inc., where he was Vice President, Clinical Operations. Under his leadership, the operational team rapidly implemented new processes and systems that achieved a 25% improvement in efficiency. Previous positions included Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Protedyne, Inc., and Vice President, Clinical Operations and Worldwide Business, at PAREXEL International. He also served as Executive Director of Manufacturing Operations at Chiron Diagnostics. Kelly received a Bachelor of Science Degree in finance from Miami (Ohio) University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Syracuse University.
About RainDance Technologies, Inc.
RainDance's proprietary technology platform delivers exquisite sensitivity and data quality that inspires scientists, researchers and clinicians to rethink the way they design experiments, approach discovery, or conduct clinical diagnostics. The core RainStorm™ technology empowers customers to conduct de novo science in an ultra-high throughput, simple, flexible, and low-cost manner. RainDance's commercial products include instruments and high-value consumables and reagents for sequence enrichment for next-generation sequencing, ultra-deep sequencing, and methylation analysis. RainDance sells directly in the U.S. and in Europe, and is building distribution networks in Europe and Asia-Pacific. RainDance Technologies has approximately 70 employees worldwide. For more information, please visit www.raindancetech.com.
RainStorm is a trademark of RainDance Technologies, Inc.
For corporate questions contact:
Chris McNary
RainDance Technologies
44 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
Phone — 781-861-6300
mcnaryc@raindancetech.com
For technical questions contact:
James Brayer
RainDance Technologies
44 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
Phone — 781-861-6300
info@raindancetech.com
For press inquiries:
Colin Sanford
Phone — 203-340-2441
colin@bioscribe.com
