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Scientist.com, the healthcare industry’s leading marketplace for life science research, announced today the promotion of Daniel Kagan, PhD, to President. In his new role, Dan will launch and grow Scientist.com’s new AI-powered biotech-as-a-serviceTM (BaaS) platform and continue to lead the company’s operations and strategic partnering efforts.
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“Dan has played a critical role in Scientist.com’s meteoric rise over the last six years, touching nearly every aspect of the organization,” said Kevin Lustig, PhD, Scientist.com’s CEO. “His exceptional leadership, clear-sighted vision and legendary work ethic have helped the company take huge steps toward achieving its mission to empower scientists and make it possible to cure all human diseases by 2050.”
Dan joined Scientist.com in 2013 after an award-winning PhD from UC San Diego’s powerhouse bioengineering program. As the company’s Vice President of Research and then Chief Operating Officer, he has played a pivotal role in building Scientist.com into one of the country’s fastest-growing private companies (peaking at #9 on the Inc. 500 list in 2018). Under his leadership, year over year sales have increased for 73 straight months, from $11M USD in 2015 to $265M USD in 2020. Dan has also worked tirelessly to foster a vibrant, close-knit and hard-working culture that is the secret sauce behind the company’s success. His commitment to fostering and growing new leadership within Scientist.com has resulted in very low employee turnover. Reflecting his efforts, the company was recognized by Inc. magazine in 2018 and 2019 as one of “America’s Best Workplaces.”
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