Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 14, 1998

Joseph D. Keegan – Molecular Devices Corporation (mdcc)

JOSEPH D. KEEGAN, PhD was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the company effective March 30, 1998. From 1992 to 1998, Dr. Keegan served in various positions at Becton Dickinson and Company, a research and diagnostic company, including the positions of Vice President, Sales and Service, Vice President, General Manager of the Immunocytometry Systems Division and President of the Worldwide Tissue Culture Business. From 1987 to 1992, he was employed by LEICA, Inc., a microscope manufacturer, where he held various senior management positions. Dr. Keegan holds a PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief overview and a little bit of the history

of Molecular Devices, just so our readers have a framework to go on?

Mr. Keegan: Molecular Devices was founded in 1983