Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 5, 2002

William Rich – Ciphergen Biosystems Inc (ciph)

WILLIAM E. RICH is President and Chief Executive Officer and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., since its founding in 1994. Dr. Rich has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and did post-doctoral research in Biochemistry at Duke University. He was co-Founder of Dionex Corporation and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sepracor. He has extensive experience in the early stage development and general management of life science companies. Profile
TWST: May we start out with a quick overview of the company?

Mr. Rich: Ciphergen is a leading proteomics tools and services

company. We have 300 plus employees and we have offices around

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