Primary Job Title Director Of Business Development Primary Organization Harvard University
Gender Male
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Christopher Petty is the Co-Founder and VP of Business Development and Marketing at 908 Devices. Chris is an executive with over 21 years of experience in the analytical instrumentation industry. Chris has been responsible for the development of new markets and market expansions introducing product platforms in numerous high-growth acquired
businesses at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Chris defined and implemented growth strategies, stood up new vertical segments, and was responsible for full P&L as VP and General Manager for both Ahura Scientific and Polychromix businesses. Prior, Chris successfully executed growth and expansion strategies in the Life Science sector as VP/GM for Thermo Fisher’s NanoDrop business, a high-growth innovator focused on DNA, RNA and protein measurements. As Director of Product Development, for Thermo he led the development and introduction of numerous market-leading Raman and FTIR platforms. He has more than 25-refereed papers and conference presentations, has won R&D 100 and Frost & Sullivan awards for his products, and an American Marketing Association award for interactive promotional campaigns. Chris received a Ph.D. in Chemistry and B.Sc. in Physics from Southampton University in the UK with industrial sponsorship from PerkinElmer.
