Agilent Technologies Hires Samraat “Sam” Raha to Head Strategy and Corporate Development
March 20 2017 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Former Agilent Commercial VP Brings Deep Industry and
Marketing Experience to New Role
Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE: A) today announced that
Samraat “Sam” Raha has been named senior vice president of strategy
and corporate development, reporting to Agilent President and CEO
Mike McMullen.
Raha will serve as strategic lead and advisor to the CEO and
executive team in developing Agilent’s overall growth strategy,
including leading its mergers and acquisitions plans globally.
“Sam shares our vision of the marketplace and knows what it
takes to drive new growth,” McMullen said. “He joins us with an
impressive portfolio of relevant experience in general and
operational management, marketing and strategy that builds on a
foundation of life sciences knowledge. He will be an excellent
addition to our executive team.”
Raha joins Agilent from Illumina Inc. where he most recently
served as vice president of global marketing. He was responsible
for product management, clinical and corporate marketing, marketing
operations and strategy. He also led the successful go-to-market
strategy and launch of many impactful products, including multiple
sequencing systems and consumables.
Prior to his years at Illumina, Raha was vice president and
general manager of the genomic assays business unit at Life
Technologies, responsible for the TaqMan™ franchise and
next-generation qPCR instruments and solutions.
Before that Raha was CEO of Joby Inc., a startup that has since
become a leading seller of camera accessories.
“I am delighted to be returning to Agilent, where I spent
several years in my early career,” Raha said. “Agilent clearly has
fantastic growth potential. The opportunity to lead its overall
growth strategy and build new partnerships to further its success
in high-growth markets is truly exciting, and I am eager to begin
leading these efforts.”
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a global leader in
life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, is the
premier laboratory partner for a better world. Agilent works with
customers in more than 100 countries, providing instruments,
software, services and consumables for the entire laboratory
workflow. The company generated revenues of $4.20 billion in fiscal
2016 and employs about 12,500 people worldwide. Information about
Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.
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