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Kerry Nugent         President and CEO

Kerry Nugent is the President and founder of Michrom Bioresources.  He is an alumus of the University of California, Davis with a MS in Analytical Biochemistry, and over 35 years experience in biochemical method development and instrument design.  Kerry started his career with Shell Oil in their Biological Sciences Research Center researching pesticide metabolites by HPLC.  He then held several positions in IBM’s Scientific Instrument Division, followed by a short tenure at the venture capital startup Bionovus.   In 1989, Kerry started Michrom Bioresources, a company that specializes in HPLC instrumentation and applications for biotechnology and pharmaceutical scientists. 

 

Brad Yamamoto      Vice President Operations

Brad Yamamoto has been with Michrom Bioresources for over 10 years. Starting out in 1998 as the Materials Manager and working up to the position of Vice President of Operations in 2003. Mr. Yamamoto holds a MA in International Business.  Before coming to Michrom, Brad was the Parts and Accessories Manager for Mazda Motors.

 

Christopher Loran   Vice President Marketing and Sales

Chris Loran joined Michrom Bioresources in January of 2009 as Vice President of Marketing and Sales.  Mr. Loran has a MSc. degree in physical analytical chemistry, and over 20 years of research and marketing experience in chromatography and mass spectrometry.  Prior to joining Michrom he was General Manager LC/MS for Thermo Fisher Scientific, managing research, development, marketing, manufacturing, and engineering in the US, UK, and Switzerland.  

 

Lori Ann Upton  Vice President Technology

Lori Ann Upton joined Michrom in 1998, contributing to a variety of departments including applications and technical support.  Ms. Upton holds a BS degree and has over 20 years of laboratory LCMS separations experience spanning clinical HTS to proteomics ID and quantitation.  Prior to joining Michrom, Ms. Upton worked in diagnostic pathology for Mercy General Hospital, and environmental screening for Quanterra Corning. 

 

Kerry Nugent         President and CEO

Kerry Nugent is the President and founder of Michrom Bioresources.  He is an alumus of the University of California, Davis with a MS in Analytical Biochemistry, and over 35 years experience in biochemical method development and instrument design.  Kerry started his career with Shell Oil in their Biological Sciences Research Center researching pesticide metabolites by HPLC.  He then held several positions in IBM’s Scientific Instrument Division, followed by a short tenure at the venture capital startup Bionovus.   In 1989, Kerry started Michrom Bioresources, a company that specializes in HPLC instrumentation and applications for biotechnology and pharmaceutical scientists. 

 

Brad Yamamoto      Vice President Operations

Brad Yamamoto has been with Michrom Bioresources for over 10 years. Starting out in 1998 as the Materials Manager and working up to the position of Vice President of Operations in 2003. Mr. Yamamoto holds a MA in International Business.  Before coming to Michrom, Brad was the Parts and Accessories Manager for Mazda Motors.

 

Christopher Loran   Vice President Marketing and Sales

Chris Loran joined Michrom Bioresources in January of 2009 as Vice President of Marketing and Sales.  Mr. Loran has a MSc. degree in physical analytical chemistry, and over 20 years of research and marketing experience in chromatography and mass spectrometry.  Prior to joining Michrom he was General Manager LC/MS for Thermo Fisher Scientific, managing research, development, marketing, manufacturing, and engineering in the US, UK, and Switzerland.  

 

Lori Ann Upton  Vice President Technology

Lori Ann Upton joined Michrom in 1998, contributing to a variety of departments including applications and technical support.  Ms. Upton holds a BS degree and has over 20 years of laboratory LCMS separations experience spanning clinical HTS to proteomics ID and quantitation.  Prior to joining Michrom, Ms. Upton worked in diagnostic pathology for Mercy General Hospital, and environmental screening for Quanterra Corning. 

 

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