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Mr. Blake joined the Company in October 2006 as Vice President, Instrument Systems. Mr. Blake has over twenty years of experience in instrument development. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Blake worked as a Director of System Development in the Diagnostics Division of Bayer Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, a global health care, nutrition and innovative materials company, from March 2003 until October 2006, contributing to the Centaur CP, Centaur XP and Versant 440 projects. Prior to his employment with Bayer, Mr. Blake worked from June 2002 to March 2003 as a consultant for NPE Systems, Inc., a life sciences company. From January 2001 until June 2002, Mr. Blake served as Vice President, Product Development & Manufacturing for Varacel Corporation. Mr. Blake received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering and Robots from Brown University. | 