Dr. Hixson serves as the company's chief executive officer. Dr. Hixson has served as chairman of the board of directors since 2003. He recently served on the board of directors of BrainCells, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on central nervous system drug development, where he was chief executive officer from July 2004 until September 2005.

Allan T. Bombard, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

Allan T. Bombard, M.D. is chief medical officer, Sequenom, Inc. as well as visiting professor, obstetrics and gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Clinical Professor at the University of California San Diego.

Charles R. Cantor, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Cantor joined the company as chief scientific officer. He was previously the chair and professor of the department of biomedical engineering and biophysics, and director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology at Boston University.

Ronald M. Lindsay, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President, Research & Development

Dr. Lindsay serves as Sequenom's executive vice president of research and development. Dr. Lindsay has been a director since 2003.

Paul Maier

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Maier serves as Sequenom's chief financial officer. Mr. Maier served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated from 1992 until January 2007, where he helped build Ligand from a venture stage company to a commercial, integrated biopharmaceutical organization.

Michael Monko, M.B.A.

Senior Vice President, Genetic Analysis

Mr. Michael Monko joined Sequenom in August 2006. Mr. Monko has 20 years of life science sales and marketing experience. He served as vice president of sales for Upstate/Chemicon with global sales and management responsibility for more than 100 sales, service and support employees.

Dirk van den Boom, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Research & Development

Dr. van den Boom serves as Sequenom's senior vice president of research and development.Read more...

Robin Weiner

Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality

Robin Weiner serves as the company's senior vice president of regulatory affairs and quality.Read more...

William Welch, M.B.A.

Senior Vice President, Diagnostics

Mr. Welch serves as our senior vice president, diagnostic since January 2011. Prior to joining us, Mr. Welch was a consultant to molecular diagnostic companies in the personalized medicine sector.Read more...

Alisa Judge

Vice President, Human Resources

Ms. Alisa Judge brings over 20 years of human resources experience having previously served as vice president of human resources at Claritas, a division of the Nielsen Company, the world's leading provider of marketing information and audience measurement, prior to Claritas, Ms. Judge held the same role for GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics, a leading global supplier to the world's automotive and aerospace manufacturers.

Clarke Neumann, J.D.

Vice President and General Counsel

Mr.Neumann has served as Vice-President & General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for the Company since 2001. Mr. Neumann joined the Company in 1999 as Corporate Counsel.