Biography
Paula Dowdy
Ms. Dowdy has over 35 years of global commercial and operational experience. In additional to her role on our Board, Ms. Dowdy is an independent director of SPT Labtech, a world leading lab automation tools company, a position she has held since March 2023. Paula also served on the board as an independent director at AVEVA Group plc, a global publicly traded software company, from March 2019 to March 2023. Ms. Dowdy previously held the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Illumina, Inc., from August 2016 to January 2023. Ms. Dowdy also spent over 20 years at Cisco Systems, Inc., and held various positions in products, services, and software in the United States, and globally, with her last role as Senior Vice President. Ms. Dowdy is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her B.A. and she received an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. Ms. Dowdy’s qualifications to serve on our Board include her extensive experience in leadership roles at other biotechnology and technology companies.