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Chris Linthwaite joined Fluidigm in August 2016 as President and Chief Operating Officer, and was named Chief Executive Officer in October 2016. Previously, he served as President of the Genetic Sciences Division at Thermo Fisher Scientific and President of the BioProduction Division at Life Technologies. He received an MBA and a BA from the University of Virginia.

High-tech CEO with strong track record of building large scale profitable businesses, executing major business turn-arounds and launching new businesses. Twenty-five years successive P&L leadership at technology companies, driving accelerated growth organically and through M&A. Broad experience in defining product portfolios and go-to-market strategies to consumers and businesses through B2C and B2B channels. Global experience in US, Asia, Europe and Latin America: fluent in English, German and Spanish. Decisive change agent and leader with passion for developing and leading high-performance teams, establishing strong customer knowledge and loyalty, expanding market share and reducing operating costs. * Executed major business transformation at Printronix to maximize business success, while laying foundation to expand the business into new industrial document solutions for factory and supply chain applications. • Strengthened Logitech’s worldwide channel franchise and transformed sales & marketing into a consumer centric organization leading to record market share positions. Defined differentiated S&M strategy for emerging markets (China, Brazil, India and Russia) enabling 35% CAGR and laying the foundation for $1B annual revenue by CY’14. • Led wide scale corporate turn-around of Iomega. Rebuilt business strategy, product portfolio, channel and supply chain strategy returning the company to sustainable profitability & growth. Created $200M of annual sales with new innovative storage solutions. • Doubled business at Proxima enabling two profitable acquisitions. Drove post-merger integration to turn InFocus into $900M business and created an innovative home entertainment business. • Successful 12 year tenure at HP; as Global Marketing Manager, defined and launched All-in-One Product Lines, HP’s most profitable printing business. Grew HP LaserJet in Europe and created HP’s first consolidated printer supplies business to multi-billion business.