Board of Directors
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Mr. Kummeth has over 35 years of leadership experience in Life Sciences most recently as President and CEO of Bio-Techne. During Mr. Kummeth’s tenure at Bio-Techne, he oversaw tremendous growth across all aspects of the business including annual revenue growth from $300M to over $1.1B, growth in the employee base from 800 to over 3,000, and the successful execution of 19 acquisitions, all while maintaining a 35% or better EBITDA level. Under Mr. Kummeth’s leadership, Bio-Techne’s market capitalization grew from $2.2B to a high of $21B, culminating in an invitation for the company to join the S&P 500.
Prior to Bio-Techne, Mr. Kummeth served as President of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography and President of the Laboratory Consumables Division at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Mr. Kummeth served in various roles during his 24-year career at 3M Corporation, culminating as the Vice President of the company's Medical Division.
Mr. Kummeth received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota, and a MS in Computer Science from the University of St. Thomas and an MBS from the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Kummeth also serves on the boards of Gentherm, a thermal management technology company, PerkinElmer, a life sciences company, and Orthofix, a global spine and orthopedics company.
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.