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Dr. David C. Gray Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy & New Business Officer

Dr. Gray joined the company in 2014 and leads next generation product, technology, and business initiatives as well as corporate strategy. Previously he founded and served as GM of our Automated Cryogenic Solutions business. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Gray held the position of Chief Strategy and New Business Officer at GT Advanced Technologies where he served in various executive management roles and was responsible for global strategy development and execution as well as internal product development. He spent several years as an M&A and strategic advisor to companies in the technology and life science industries.

Dr. Gray has a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Masters and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and an MBA degree from Stanford University.
Jason W. Joseph Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Mr. Joseph joined Azenta Life Sciences in March 2011 and is responsible for the Company's legal affairs, including corporate governance, intellectual property, securities, commercial contracts, litigation, compliance and regulatory activities. He also serves as Secretary of the Corporation and to the Board of Directors.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Joseph served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Unica Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise marketing management software and services, which was acquired by IBM in October 2010, and as General Counsel and Secretary of MapInfo Corporation, a global provider of location intelligence solutions, which was acquired by Pitney Bowes in April 2007. Mr. Joseph also practiced law at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (formerly Hale and Dorr LLP) in Boston, MA.

Mr. Joseph holds a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University Chicago.
John O'Brien Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Mr. O’Brien joined Azenta Life Sciences in May 2010 and is responsible for corporate development, which includes acquisitions, divestitures, investments and strategic partnerships.

Prior to joining Azenta, Mr. O’Brien served as Senior Director, Corporate Development at EMC and as Vice President, Technology Investment Banking at Cowen and Company. Mr. O’Brien started his career as an accountant with Palomar Medical Technologies and before that Arthur Andersen.

Mr. O’Brien holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, a MS in Accounting from Northeastern University, and a BA from Colby College.
Michael Paulo Vice President, Chief Information & Digital Officer

Mr. Paulo joined Azenta Life Sciences in July 2017 as Vice President and Chief Information & Digital Officer. As the Chief Information & Digital Officer Mr. Paulo provides the strategic vision, operational plan, and execution for the technology enablement of the business, enabling the continual positive transformation and progression of the global business.

Mr. Paulo began his career at Automatic Switch Co. in Florham Park New Jersey which was acquired by Emerson Electric Co. based in St. Louis Missouri. Over the course of the next twenty-seven years at Emerson, Mr. Paulo held increasing roles of global responsibility across several key divisions of Emerson, each serving different global industries from healthcare to data centers and telecom: CIO at ASCO Power Technologies, CIO at Energy Systems, CIO at Liebert, and CIO Americas and VP Global Transformation at Emerson’s Network Power business platform which became Vertiv, a $4B annual revenue global business with a footprint in over 147 countries.

Mr. Paulo received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and MBA from Rutgers University. He also holds several certifications spanning the Information Technology & Information Systems profession.
Olga Pirogova Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer

Olga Pirogova joined Azenta Life Sciences in August 2023 as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Ms. Pirogova is responsible for developing and executing Azenta’s human resources strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction of the company.

Prior to Azenta, Ms. Pirogova served as CHRO at Speedcast, a global satellite communications service provider. Ms. Pirogova also spent 12 years with BD (Becton, Dickinson & Company), a leading global medical technology company, where she worked in various Human Resources leadership roles across Latin America, Europe, and the United States. She previously worked at British Petroleum and Phillip Morris International, where she held roles in a wide range of HR disciplines.

Ms. Pirogova received her master’s degree in human development from Ibero-American University in Mexico City and completed her undergraduate degree at Minsk State Linguistic University in Belarus.
Dr. Claribel Purcell Senior Vice President, Global Sales

Dr. Purcell joined Azenta as Senior Vice President, Global Sales in November 2022, responsible for all global sales and sales operations. Dr. Purcell joined Azenta after nearly ten years at Danaher, where she was most recently Vice President of Sales, Americas at Pall-FTAP. Prior to this role, she held a variety of leadership roles in Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, including Vice President & General Manager of Urinalysis.

Dr. Purcell earned an MBA from Arizona State University and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M. In addition, she is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Lindon G. Robertson Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Robertson joined Azenta Life Sciences on October 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Robertson is responsible for leading and managing Azenta's global financial strategy including establishing long range financial planning and policies while maintaining positive relationships with our shareholders and the financial community.

Prior to joining Azenta, Mr. Robertson was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Graftech International, a $1.3 billion global provider of carbon and graphite products for industrial applications. Prior to Graftech International, he worked for the IBM Corporation for over 25 years in various senior financial management roles, including CFO of IBM's global hardware business and CFO of IBM's Japan and China operations.

Mr. Robertson holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Texas, Austin.
Dr. Stephen S. Schwartz President & Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Schwartz joined the Company in April 2010 as President and continued to serve as such until August 2013. He was re-appointed President in May 2016. In 2010, he became Chief Executive Officer and continues to serve in that role. Dr. Schwartz had previously served, from August 2002 until April 20, 2009, as chief executive officer and a director of Asyst Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of integrated hardware and software automation systems primarily directed at the semiconductor manufacturing industry. He joined Asyst in January 2001 as senior vice president, Product Groups and Operations and was elected chairman of Asyst in January 2003. Prior to joining Asyst, Dr. Schwartz had served since 1987 in various capacities with Applied Materials, Inc., including acting as general manager for Applied Material’s service business and president of Consilium, Inc., an Applied Materials software subsidiary. Since November 2018, Dr. Schwartz has served on the board of directors of Spire Inc., a publicly traded natural gas company. Dr. Schwartz received his BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. He also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Robin Vacha Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Mr. Vacha joined Azenta Life Science in 2014 and was appointed Senior Vice President, Global Operations in March 2022. In this role, Mr. Vacha has primary responsibility for Azenta’s global factory, repository, laboratory, and supply chain operations. Prior to his current role, Mr. Vacha served as GM of the Azenta Life Sciences Products business unit as well as several other senior leadership positions at Azenta.

Mr. Vacha is focused on creating differentiated operational capabilities that drive customer value. For most of his career his focus has been on creating new robotic and automated solutions for factory and laboratory work flows. He has extensive experience in the management of cold chain logistics that support compound management, biologics, and cell and gene therapy research and delivery. Mr. Vacha has a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Master of Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and a BSME from Kettering University.
David Wang Senior Vice President & General Manager, Sample & Repository Solutions

David Wang joined Azenta Life Sciences as the General Manager of the Sample & Repository Solutions business focused on biorespository/biobanking, sample management, and informatics services primarily for the life science community worldwide.

David has held positions with increasing responsibility at the University of Chicago, McKinsey & Company, Johnson & Johnson, Covidien/Medtronic, and PerkinElmer. Most recently David worked as an industry advisor to leading growth/private equity funds and multinationals.

David received his Bachelors in Biological Sciences and MBA in Finance/Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago and his Masters in Bioinformatics at Harvard University.
Rob Woodward Senior Vice President, Global Quality & Regulatory

Mr. Woodward joined Azenta Life Sciences in November 2009 and was appointed Senior Vice President, Global Quality & Regulatory in November 2019. He is primarily responsible for ensuring Azenta products meet customer expectations while complying with all applicable regulatory and standards requirements. Mr. Woodward is on international assignment based in our Manchester, England site.

Over the past decade at Azenta, Mr. Woodward has held engineering and quality leadership roles with increasing responsibilities. Prior to Azenta, Mr. Woodward worked for United Technologies’ Carrier Corporation where he was the engineering leader for compressor systems technology and components group. He also spent over 16 years at General Electric in various engineering leadership roles.

Mr. Woodward holds BS and MS degrees in Chemistry from Furman University.
Dr. Ginger Zhou Senior Vice President & General Manager, Genomics Services

Dr. Ginger Zhou joined Azenta Life Sciences in November 2018 and was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Genomic Services business in November 2022. She holds primary responsibility for leading global Genomics business growth, operations, and development of related products and solutions.

Dr. Zhou joined Azenta in November 2018 as part of the acquisition of GENEWIZ. In her 7 years with GENEWIZ, Dr. Zhou held various leadership positions including VP of Global Next Generation Sequencing.

Dr. Zhou received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from The State University of New York through a joint research program with Yale University. She holds a B.S. in Biochemical Engineering from Tianjin University, China.

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