Speaker Name : Jeffrey Peterson
Company : Target Discovery, Inc.
Title : CEO

Jeff brings broad executive general management, multi-functional, multi-business and international experience to Target Discovery. He spent 9 years in key management roles in Abbott Laboratories’ Diagnostics and International (Pharmaceuticals, Hospital Products, Nutritionals, Consumer) businesses.

He most recently served as CEO and General Manager of Abbott South Africa, doubling the sales and tripling the income of this 50 year-old business in 3.5 years, during the tumult of South Africa’s political transition. He played an earlier pivotal management role in Abbott’s successful introduction and support of multiple new diagnostics instrument and reagent systems in the history-making X-System series, including the IMx (the highest global sales diagnostic system in history). Mr. Peterson's experience prior to Abbott included 11 years with General Electric’s Engineered Materials and Plastics businesses, spanning roles in strategic planning, business development, technology licensing, marketing/sales, operations/quality and R&D.

Mr. Peterson holds BSChE and MSChE (Chemical Engineering) degrees from MIT. He serves as Chairman of the BayBio Institute, a non-profit organization serving the regional life science community, and on the Board of BayBio, the trade association for the life sciences industry in Northern California. He is a co-founder of the Coalition for 21st Century Medicine, and of BIO's Research Tools & Molecular Diagnostics Working Group.