Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ONVO) ("Organovo"), a three-dimensional biology company focused on delivering breakthrough 3D bioprinting technology, announced today Kirk D. Malloy, Ph.D. has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. Malloy has held management and executive leadership positions in rapidly growing life science and diagnostics companies for 18 years. He is currently Senior Vice President and General Manager of Life Sciences at Illumina, a leading developer and supplier of genetic analysis instrumentation, assays and software for the life science and diagnostics markets.
"Organovo's 3D bioprinting technology has broad applications in disease research and drug discovery. We welcome Dr. Malloy's experience in advancing industry-changing technology platforms and building commercial growth in the life science markets," said Organovo Chief Executive Officer Keith Murphy.
"Organovo has a strong foundation with their unmatched commercial 3D bioprinting technology and numerous industry and research collaborations. I look forward to helping the team further their collaborations and develop new opportunities for the life science markets as Organovo proceeds to create a range of tissue and disease models for medical research, drug testing and therapeutic applications," said Dr. Malloy.
At Illumina, Dr. Malloy oversees the company's core platform technologies and the core life sciences markets they enable. He joined Illumina in 2002 and has served as Vice President of Customer Solutions and Vice President of Quality, building and leading the commercial support organization and a robust service business for all of Illumina's markets. Prior to joining Illumina, Dr. Malloy built and managed training, support and validation services at Biosite Inc., a leading provider of rapid diagnostics products, where he helped build the point of care cardiovascular diagnostics test market. Before Biosite, Dr. Malloy held several commercial management positions at QIAGEN, Inc., a provider of molecular biology reagents and for the life sciences, veterinary, diagnostics, and applied markets. Before joining industry, Dr. Malloy spent several years as an academic scientist teaching and conducting research.
Dr. Malloy earned his B.S. in biology from the University of Miami and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Delaware and held post-doctoral positions at Boston University and Northeastern University. He completed a certification for Corporate Directors at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
