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Mr. Mello joined the Company in April 2000 as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Iris Sample Processing Subsidiary and was promoted to President of Iris Sample Processing in April 2002. Mr. Mello has 29 years of experience in medical device manufacturing, service, marketing and engineering. Prior to joining Iris Sample Processing, Mr. Mello was Vice President of Operations with bioMerieux, for their Boston Immunoassay and Molecular Diagnostics facility. Before that, he was Vice President of Disposables Manufacturing at bioMerieux's clinical microbiology facility in St. Louis. Prior to joining bioMerieux, he held senior management positions with Medical & Scientific Designs and Ortho Diagnostics Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Mello holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Bristol College in Fall River, MA and a B.S. in Management from Leslie University, Boston, MA.
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