Maria Hjortsmark
Director Global Marketing
management
Gyros Protein Technologies
Sweden
Biography
Maria Hjortsmark joined Gyros in 2012. She has vast experience in leading marketing and support teams in the biotech supply industry. She is responsible for the marketing, communication and 2nd line support. In addition to strategic business development efforts, she directs media relations, branding, advertising and website development. Maria began her career in life sciences at Pharmacia Biotech (now GE Healthcare) in 1991 and has since then successfully held several key roles in marketing at Personal Chemistry (now Biotage), Pyrosequencing (now Qiagen) Phadia (now Thermo Fisher Scientific) and most recently at Halo Genomics, now a part of Agilent Technologies. Maria holds a BSc. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology.
Research Interest
life sciences at Pharmacia Biotech