10 Danaher engineering leaders
Sr. Director Process Manufacturing Engineering, Sr. Director of Product Development and Director of Engineering are among the current titles held by these Danaher engineering leaders at Beckman Coulter, Cepheid, Leica Biosystems and Danaher itself. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Danaher from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Ashwin Kumar
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Leica Biosystems, India Development Centre · Leica Biosystems
Ashwin Kumar has been Director of Engineering, Leica Biosystems, India Development Centre at Leica Biosystems since September 2023, based in Bengaluru. Ashwin Kumar was Director - ASI, Leica Biosystems and Site Engineering Leader LBS IDC from 2022 to 2023 and Site Engineering Leader - Maternal & Infant Care at Wipro GE Healthcare from 2018 to 2022.
Brent Browning
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Product Development · Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Brent Browning has been Sr. Director of Product Development at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences since January 2023 and Sr. Director, Hardware/Software Engineering there since 2019, based in Sunnyvale, California. Brent Browning has also been Sr. Director of Engineering at Labcyte, Inc. since 2001 and was VP Engineering at Propel Software Corporation from 1999 to 2001.
Chad Denlinger
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Process Manufacturing Engineering · Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
Chad Denlinger has been Sr. Director Process Manufacturing Engineering at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics since January 2019, based in the Miami area, leading a global team of engineers, scientists and technicians. Chad Denlinger was Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics from 2006 to 2019 and a Product Development Engineer at Embraer from 2002 to 2004.
Janice Becker
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Of Engineering · Danaher
Janice Becker is a former Senior Director Of Engineering at Danaher, a role held from November 2018 to December 2021, and is based in Riverside, California, and the profile lists retirement since 2022. Janice Becker was Director Product Development at Danaher from 2012 to 2018 and Group Project Manager at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics from 2006 to 2012.
Mayur Upadhya
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
Mayur Upadhya is a former Director of Engineering at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a role held from April 2022 to July 2025, leading an engineering site in India for the Clinical Chemistry & Immunoassay business. Mayur Upadhya was Senior Engineering Manager at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics from 2019 to 2022 and has been Solution Director - Engineering R&D Services at HCLTech since 2026.
Prentash Djelosevic
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Systems Test and Innovation Engineering · Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
Prentash Djelosevic has been Director of Global Systems Test and Innovation Engineering at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics since May 2023, based in the Miami area. Prentash Djelosevic was Director of Global Support and Training at Leica Biosystems from 2021 to 2023 and held R&D management roles at Leica Biosystems from 2018 to 2021, including an interim director role.
Sotirios Papakostas
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director of Manufacturing and Engineering · Cepheid
Sotirios Papakostas has been Sr Director of Manufacturing and Engineering at Cepheid since November 2024, based in the Stockholm area. Sotirios Papakostas was Director of Manufacturing and Engineering at Cepheid from 2021 to 2024, Senior Manufacturing Manager at Cepheid from 2019 to 2021 and Danaher Business System Manager at Cepheid from 2017 to 2019.
Todd Mollner
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Manufacturing Process Engineering · Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
Todd Mollner has been Director of Global Manufacturing Process Engineering at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics since April 2026. Todd Mollner was Director Global Project Engineering at Curia from 2025 to 2026, Director of Engineering & EHSS at Haleon from 2022 to 2024 and Director of Engineering at GSK from 2020 to 2022.
Varun Vakharia
LinkedInExperience: Global R&D Director: Membrane Center of Excellence · Danaher
Varun Vakharia has been Global R&D Director: Membrane Center of Excellence at Danaher since September 2025, based in New York. Varun Vakharia was Gloabl R&D Director: Filtration Technology at Danaher from 2024 to 2025, R&D Director: Device Design at Danaher from 2023 to 2024 and an R&D Filter Design Scientist for Pall Industrial (a Danaher Company) from 2020 to 2021.
Vishal Bansal, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director R&D · Danaher
Vishal Bansal has been Senior Director R&D at Danaher since December 2024, based in Port Washington, New York. Vishal Bansal was CTO and Vice President, R&D & Sustainability at Glatfelter from 2018 to 2024, Vice President, Innovation at Parker Hannifin from 2014 to 2018 and Strategic Technology Leader at GE Power from 2008 to 2014.
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- 01How do you move a new diagnostic instrument from R&D into high-volume manufacturing?
- 02How have you planned and run engineering work so that projects meet schedule and quality targets?
- 03How have you shared tools and engineering standards with teams at other sites or businesses?
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