Alex Socarrás

Biography

 Alex Socarrás, executive vice president of commercial operations at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Ortho), has extensive commercial and general management experience in the health care medical devices industry in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. Prior to joining Ortho, he was general manager of Siemens Healthcare Commercial Operations in South West Europe, which included seven major European countries - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and Greece. In this position, he oversaw all of Siemens’ divisions, including Imaging and Therapy, Clinical Products and In-Vitro Diagnostics. He also served as vice president and region CEO for Latin America and head of sales, southeastern U.S., at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to Siemens, Socarrás was senior marketing manager for automation chemistry and regional sales manager at Bayer HealthCare, LLC, Diagnostics Division. Socarrás earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Nova Southeastern University, where he was a member of Sigma Beta Delta - International Honor Society in Business, and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and math from the University of Miami.

Research Interest

 Alex Socarrás, executive vice president of commercial operations at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Ortho), has extensive commercial and general management experience in the health care medical devices industry in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. Prior to joining Ortho, he was general manager of Siemens Healthcare Commercial Operations in South West Europe, which included seven major European countries - Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and Greece. In this position, he oversaw all of Siemens’ divisions, including Imaging and Therapy, Clinical Products and In-Vitro Diagnostics. He also served as vice president and region CEO for Latin America and head of sales, southeastern U.S., at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to Siemens, Socarrás was senior marketing manager for automation chemistry and regional sales manager at Bayer HealthCare, LLC, Diagnostics Division. Socarrás earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Nova Southeastern University, where he was a member of Sigma Beta Delta - International Honor Society in Business, and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and math from the University of Miami.