Mark D. McDonough

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. develops tissue-based diagnostic solutions. It designs and delivers medical diagnostic systems and slide-based cancer tests. Its products include absolute Eosinophil count (AEC) detection kit intended for laboratory use to identify targets by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue or frozen tissue on a BenchMark and BenchMark XT instrument and DISCOVERY XT research instrument that brings automation, reproducibility, and productivity to IHC and in situ hybridization (ISH) slide preparation and processing. The company was founded by Thomas M. Grogan in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

CombiMatrix Corp. engages in the provision of clinical diagnostic services. It offers cytogenomic testing for preimplantation genetic testing, prenatal diagnosis, miscarriage analysis, and pediatric developmental disorders. The company was founded in October 1995 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

US Pathology Labs, Inc. operates anatomic pathology laboratories. The firm offers diagnosis, prognosis, genomics, and genetic testing services to hospitals, physician offices, surgery centers, and biopharmaceutical companies. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Pathwork Diagnostics Inc. develops and delivers molecular diagnostics for oncology. The company was founded by Glenda Anderson, Richard Zare, and George M. Whitesides in 2003 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

PierianDx, Inc. provides genomic software and services. It develops a platform to manage, analyze, and interpret complex genomic tests for clinical laboratories across the United States. The firm?s genomics software platform, Clinical Genomicist Workstation (CGW), provides data-driven workflow for health systems, academic medical centers, and commercial labs to improve patient outcomes through genomic analysis, interpretation and reporting. The company was founded by Jeffrey D. Milbrandt, Karen Seibert, John D. Pfeifer, Herbert W. Virgin, and Rakesh Nagarajan in 2014 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

ChromaCode, Inc. develops software and manufactures laboratory instruments. It uses digital signal processing to improve clinical molecular analysis. The company was founded by Aditya Rajagopal, Alexander G. Dickinson, Axel Scherer, and Gregory J. Gosch in 2012 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.