Rolland Carlson
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Health care
WaferGen Bio systems
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Carlson has substantial leadership experience from startup to full P&L line management, sales and marketing, business and new product development, distribution management, and international operations. Prior to joining WaferGen in May 2015 as Chief Executive Officer Dr. Carlson served as President & CEO of Asuragen, Inc., a privately-held molecular diagnostics company. While at Asuragen, Inc., Dr. Carlson was a co-founder of Mirna Therapeutics, a spin-out of Asuragen, which has developed novel miRNA-based therapeutics currently in Phase I clinical trials for liver and other cancers. Prior to this, he served in increasingly senior positions at Abbott Laboratories over a 20-year period. Dr. Carlson's various roles at Abbott included Global General Manager and Vice President Molecular Diagnostics of Vysis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. Dr. Carlson also established strategic alliances with Genentech, Roche and Novartis. His last position at Abbott was Vice President, Business Development & Licensing, Global Medical Products, where he was responsible for M&A, licensing and divestiture of pharmaceutical products linked to medical device technologies. Dr. Carlson received his Ph.D. in Botany from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Research Interest
Health care
