Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 19, 2001

Richard Daly – Visible Genetics Inc (vgin)

RICHARD T. DALY is President and Chief Executive Officer of Visible Genetics Inc. VGI is an international manufacturer of unique, high- performance automated DNA sequencing systems and tests for the analysis of genes linked to disease. Mr. Daly is also a member of the company's Board of Directors, a post he has held since June 1998. Prior to joining VGI in 1999, Mr. Daly founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Clinical Partners Inc. Mr. Daly has spent more than 23 years in the healthcare industry with several companies in a variety of executive positions in sales, marketing and general management, including serving as the President of Baxter Canada, General Manager of Baxter's Latin American Subsidiaries, and President of The Health Data Institute, a pioneer company in outcome and health data analysis. Mr. Daly holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Could you provide our readers with an overview of Visible

Genetics?

Mr. Daly: Visible Genetics started in 1994. It was an outgrowth of a

group of scientists who had developed a very