Executive Biographies

Mike McMullen
Vice President and General Manager
Chemical Analysis Solutions
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Nick Roelofs
Vice President and General Manager
Life Sciences Solutions
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Michael C. (Mike) Gasparian
Vice President and General Manager
Life Sciences Solutions
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Lon Justice
Vice President and General Manager
Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Support Organization
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Fran DiNuzzo
Senior Director
Business Development
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Roger Nalepa
Vice President and General Manager
Worldwide Order Fulfillment
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Keith Price
Director
Quality
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Alicia Rodriguez
Senior Director
Finance and Business Development
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Mike McMullen
Vice President and General Manager
Chemical Analysis Solutions
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Mike McMullen leads the Chemical Analysis Solutions (CAS) business within Agilent’s Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis group (LSCA), with responsibilities for chemical analysis market orders for all LSCA products, as well as profit and product development responsibility for gas chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and regional products. The chemical analysis market includes Agilent’s environmental, petrochemical, chemical, forensics and food customers. McMullen also oversees the agricultural biotechnology (AgBio) program for LSCA. McMullen joined HP/Agilent in 1984 as a financial analyst and he has held several management and senior management positions over the past 19 years. Prior to assuming his current position, he lived in Japan where he worked at Agilent’s joint venture, Yokogawa Analytical Systems. His various assignments while in Japan included entity controller; Japan country manager; and Japan, China and Korea manager for CAS. He played a key role in integrating the Japan team with the Asia Pacific field operations and the Chemical Analysis Group. McMullen holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from the University of Delaware and an MBA from Wharton Business School.

Nick Roelofs
Vice President and General Manager
Life Sciences Solutions
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Nick Roelofs leads the Life Sciences Solutions (LSS) business within Agilent's Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis group (LSCA), with responsibility for the development and commercialization of key technology platforms including microarrays, Lab-on-a Chip, mass spectrometry, bioinformatics and related products. Nick comes to Agilent from Bio-Rad where he was Group Operations Officer of the protein separations and analysis, genomics, and food science business. Nick holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry and brings 19 years of experience in the Life Sciences and Diagnostics industry to LSCA.

Mike Gasparian
Vice President and General Manager
Material Science Solutions Unit.
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Mike Gasparian is vice president and general manager of the Materials Science Solutions Unit in Agilent Technologies' Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis business. The unit is focused on developing a microscopy and optical spectroscopy business that can be leveraged into the electronics, materials testing, life sciences and chemical analysis markets.  Gasparian was most recently the vice president and general manager, customer and quality.  Prior to that, he was vice president and general manager of the company's Multi-Industry Business Unit, part of Agilent's Electronic Measurement Group.

Gasparian joined Hewlett-Packard in 1980 with the Colorado Springs Division in manufacturing engineering. In 1987, he was named marketing manager of the Loveland Instrument Division, and was appointed general manager of the Electronic Measurements Division in 1992, responsible for development, marketing and manufacturing of basic instruments, including oscilloscopes, sources and voltmeters.

Gasparian was tapped to lead Agilent's Electronic Products and Solutions Group Worldwide Field Operations in 1999, and later headed the group's Sales and Marketing organization in 2000. He became vice president and general manager of the Multi-Industry Business Unit in September 2001.

Gasparian received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Colorado.

Lon Justice
Vice President and General Manager
Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Support Organization
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Lon Justice leads the worldwide sales, marketing and customer support organization for Agilent’s Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis group (LSCA). His organization is responsible for developing and managing all sales and support channels, direct and indirect, that link LSCA's products and services with its customers. Justice worked as a chemist in environmental research before joining HP in 1984. Since then, he has held several positions in sales, marketing and business development. He was a senior manager at Agilent's previous Chemical Solutions Business Unit. For the past three years, he has been vice president of the Americas field operation, which is responsible for LSCA sales and service in North and South America.

Fran DiNuzzo
Senior Director
Business Development
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Fran DiNuzzo leads the Integrated Biology Solutions (IBS) unit within Agilent’s Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis group (LSCA), with responsibilities for R&D, manufacturing and marketing of Agilent's life sciences businesses, including gene expression, proteomics, and bio-reagents. He joined HP/Agilent in 1981 as an R&D project manager in the Avondale (Pennsylvania) Division and over the past 20 years has held several senior R&D, manufacturing and marketing management positions. Prior to assuming his current position, he was vice president and general manager of the Bio-Reagents, Consumables and Services unit. DiNuzzo holds bachelor's degree and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Roger Nalepa
Vice President and General Manager
Worldwide Order Fulfillment
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Roger Nalepa leads the worldwide order fulfillment organization for Agilent’s Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis group (LSCA). His organization is responsible for developing and managing LSCA’s order fulfillment supply chains in order to meet customer expectations while providing a competitive advantage to Agilent. Since joining HP/Agilent in 1971, Roger has held managerial positions in R&D, manufacturing, production and operations. As operations manager for the Avondale (Pennsylvania) Division, he oversaw the relocation of the entire division to a new facility in Little Falls, Delaware. In 1996, he became general manager of LSCA’s Shanghai operation. In 2000, he returned to Little Falls to manage the consumables order fulfillment team and inventory initiative. He became the worldwide order fulfillment manager in October 2000. Roger holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Keith Price
Director
Quality
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Keith Price leads the quality team at Agilent’s Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis group (LSCA), with responsibilities for its quality management system, business process metrics system, and customer loyalty. Price represents LSCA on the Agilent Quality Leadership Team, which sets quality strategy for Agilent. Under his leadership, LSCA has reduced its warranty costs from more than 5% of revenue to less than 1.5% of revenue in two years. He led the effort of the first HP manufacturing entity to achieve ISO 9002 registration and he also led the first ISO 9001 registration process for a HP Software and Hardware development entity. He joined HP/Agilent in 1984 as an electronic engineer and then moved into a variety of quality consulting and management roles. Price is a member of the Institute of Quality Assurance and a senior member of the American Society for Quality. He holds a master’s degree in quality systems management from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Alicia Rodriguez
Senior Director
Finance and Business Development
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis

Alicia Rodriguez leads the finance, business development and administration department of Agilent's Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis group (LSCA). Her responsibilities include planning and reporting of financial results, providing business consulting and analytical support to LSCA business managers, championing business controls, and delivering cost-effective field administration and finance processes. As the leader of LSCA's business development team, she is responsible for acquisition and alliances management, strategic business planning, market and business intelligence, and solutions commercialization. Since joining HP/Agilent in 1985, Rodriguez has held positions in the finance and administrative functions of various product lines, groups, and field organizations in the Computer Systems, Test and Measurement and LSCA groups. She played a role in the large SAP implementation at HP's Computer Solutions organization and helped launch a start-up that became a very successful business. She has been a controller within HP/Agilent since 1992. Rodriguez holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from New Mexico State University. She is a certified public accountant.