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Mark C. Miller Joins Accelerate Diagnostics Board of Directors

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TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 6, 2013 — Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. , an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenge of drug resistant organisms and hospital acquired infections, announced today that Mark C. Miller has been appointed to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Miller currently serves as Executive Chairman and director of Stericycle  where he was Chief Executive Officer from 1992 to 2012 and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2008 to 2012. During his 20 years as CEO, Mark grew Stericycle’s revenues from $1.6 million to $1.9 billion, and in 2009 was selected by Morningstar, Inc. as its “CEO of the Year.” Prior to joining Stericycle, Mr. Miller served as vice president for the Pacific, Asia and Africa in the international division of Abbott Laboratories, a diversified health care company, which he joined in 1976 and where he held a number of management and marketing positions. Mr. Miller formerly served as a director of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a developer and supplier of automated diagnostic systems. He received a B.S. degree in computer science from Purdue University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

“We are pleased to have Mark join our Board. His leadership, expertise and wisdom were crucial to the tremendous success of Stericycle. We are looking forward to him applying these skills at Accelerate Diagnostics,” commented John Patience, Accelerate Diagnostic’s Chairman.

ABOUT ACCELERATE DIAGNOSTICS

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc is an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenge of drug resistant organisms and hospital acquired infections. We are focused on developing and commercializing innovative instrumentation for the rapid identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing of infectious pathogens. The Company’s revolutionary BACcel(TM) platform utilizes a proprietary culture-free process with both genomic and phenotypic detection technologies that significantly decreases time to result while achieving high sensitivity and specificity.

In addition to the BACcel system development pipeline, Accelerate Diagnostics also owns and licenses its propriety OptiChem® surface coatings technology, which has numerous applications for binding in bio-analytical systems, such as microarrays.

Opportunity Alert:Medical Director at Celebration Stem Cell Centre

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Celebration Stem Cell Centre, an AABB accredited and FDA registered public and private cord blood bank located in Gilbert, AZ is actively seeking a Medical Director.

Candidates must be a licensed physician that is qualified by training or experience in bone marrow and cord blood transplantation.  The Medical Director shall have responsibility and authority for all medical activities related to procurement, processing, and provision of the cellular therapy products and related services and to ensure that these activities are compliant with AABB, FDA and NMDP requirements.  The Medical Director will work closely with the current Laboratory Director and Quality Director in respect to the following responsibilities:

  • Review and approval of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Review of Nonconforming Products
  • Medical Review of donor records and test results prior to product release
  • Review of Proficiency testing results
  • Review of validation data of new processes/procedures
  • Review of Processing data when applicable
  • Participation in Quarterly Quality Meetings
  • Participate in Continuing Education Relevant to cord blood

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply for this position.  Please send a copy of your C.V. and cover letter to info@csccaz.com.