Executive Biographies

Marc joined the company in December 2001 as President of the Life and Laboratory Sciences sector. He was named Senior Vice President in December 2003, and in March 2005 was given responsibility for all of the company’s operating divisions. In 2006, Marc was named President of Analytical Technologies for Thermo Fisher Scientific. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2008, and in October 2009, became the company’s President and CEO.

Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Marc served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Kendro Laboratory Products. Before Kendro, he was President – Americas for Dade Behring Inc. He served as Executive Vice President for Europe, Asia and intercontinental for two years before that. Marc began his career at Bain & Company as a strategy consultant and later joined Bain Capital.

Marc received an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School and is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in economics. Marc serves on the board of Zimmer Holdings.

Alan joined Fisher Scientific in 1998 and served in a variety of management roles, including Vice President of Finance for United States distribution operations, President of Cole-Parmer and group President of distribution and services for Fisher. Alan also managed the Fisher Lab Equipment, Eutech and Barnant businesses. In addition, he was President of the Fisher Scientific/Apogent Technologies integration and successfully merged the $1.1 billion business into Fisher. When Fisher Scientific merged with Thermo Electron in 2006, Alan became President of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Customer Channels Group. In 2008, he was named President of the Laboratory Products Group, and also had responsibility for the Biosciences Division. He became President of the new Analytical Technologies Group in January 2012, and was also named Executive Vice President of the company.

Earlier in his career, Alan held senior management positions in finance, sales, marketing and business development at Textron, Inc. He began his career at Ford Motor Company and spent eight years at Chrysler Corporation.

Alan received an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

Pete joined the company in October 2000 as Vice President of Financial Operations, with responsibility for integrating the company’s financial operations and systems, establishing a monthly financial analysis and reporting process and improving the efficiency of the company’s financial reporting systems. He was named Chief Financial Officer of the company in October 2004.

Before joining Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pete worked for General Electric and Grimes Aerospace Company. He began his career at Honeywell International (formerly Allied Signal), where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Electronic Materials Division.

Pete is a summa cum laude graduate of The Ohio State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with a major in accounting. He is a certified public accountant (CPA). Pete serves on the board of CIRCOR International, Inc.

Tom joined the company in 2002 as Vice President of Sales & Services and General Manager of the Explosives Detection business unit within the Environmental Instruments Division. From 2004 to 2006, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Radiation Measurement & Security Instruments business unit within Environmental Instruments, and in 2006 he became President of the division. In 2008, he was named President of the Laboratory Equipment Division within Laboratory Products Group. In January 2012, Tom became President of Laboratory Products Group, and was also named Sr. Vice President of the company.

Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Tom was Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Tyco International. Earlier in his career, he worked in a variety of management roles for General Electric, and as a Financial Analyst for Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Tom received his MBA degree from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth, and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Middlebury College.

Ed joined the company in 2000 as Vice President, Controller, of Fisher Scientific’s U.S. research business. He also served as Vice President and General Manager of the U.S. research business and Vice President of Finance for U.S. Distribution Operations. In 2006, Ed was named president of Thermo Fisher’s Research Market business. In July 2008, he was named President of Customer Channels and became a Senior Vice President of the company.

Prior to joining the company, Ed served in several positions at TRW, Inc. from 1992 to 2000, including Director of Finance & IT, TRW Nelson Stud Welding Division; Manager of Finance, Occupant Restraint Systems Group; Supervisor of Consolidation and Reporting; and international internal auditor. Ed began his career as an accountant for Coopers & Lybrand in Columbus, Ohio.

Ed holds a bachelor’s degree from Muskingum College and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. He is also a certified public accountant.

Andy joined Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2009 as Vice President and General Manager, North America, for the Microbiology business. He was promoted to President of Clinical Diagnostics in October 2009, and was named a Senior Vice President of the company and President of Specialty Diagnostics in February 2012.

Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Andy worked for 20 years in the diagnostics industry, including nine years with Dade Behring (now Siemens Diagnostics), where he served in various marketing roles and ultimately became Vice President of Marketing for North America. Andy then joined Roche Diagnostics, where, during his six year tenure, he was Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Centralized Diagnostics in Germany and later led all commercial activities for the Professional Diagnostics group in the U.S. His career includes assignments in the U.S., Canada and Germany.

Andy holds an honors degree in economics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.