Robert Gavin — Senior Vice President of Protein Platforms Division at Bio-Techne

Mr. Robert M. Gavin, also known as Bob, has been Senior Vice President of Protein Platforms Division at Bio-Techne Corp. since December 2014. Mr. Gavin serves as a Senior Vice President of Protein Platforms at ProteinSimple. He served as Vice President of Product Development of ProteinSimple since July 2008. Mr. Gavin has nearly 20 years of experience. He served as Vice President of Engineering of ProteinSimple since July 2008. He served as Director of Engineering of MDS Analytical Technologies (previously Molecular Devices), where he directed multidisciplinary teams of mechanical, electrical, firmware and systems engineers. Mr. Gavin has a strong record of creating highly-successful laboratory systems, including industry-leading optical plate readers and high throughput screening platforms. Prior to Molecular Devices, Mr. Gavin managed a team of engineers at Affymax Research Institute developing automated peptide and small molecule synthesis and compound-handling instruments. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University.