10 Thermo Fisher Scientific lab directors
Laboratory Director - Phadia Immunology Reference Laboratory, Executive Director, Site Lead US Global Central Labs, Director Of Laboratory Services and Director of Quality Control are among the titles held today by these Thermo Fisher Scientific lab directors. A reader can learn how lab directors run their labs at Thermo Fisher Scientific from people who have held the role.
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Bill Gladysz
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Site Lead US Global Central Labs · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bill Gladysz has been Executive Director, Site Lead US Global Central Labs at Thermo Fisher Scientific since May 2025, based in Hamilton, Ohio. Bill Gladysz was a Director at Thermo Fisher Scientific from 2022 to 2025 and Global Director in OpEx supporting Operational Readiness there from 2020 to 2022.
Crystal Booth, M.M., ASQ-CQE, PMI-PMP
LinkedInExperience: Microbiology Director · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Crystal Booth has been Microbiology Director at Thermo Fisher Scientific since August 2023, based in the Raleigh-Durham area. Crystal Booth was Associate Director, Quality (Head of Microbiology/Environmental Monitoring) at Novartis from 2013 to 2015 and Senior Director, Corporate Quality at Avista Pharma Solutions from 2017 to 2018.
Kathleen Jung
LinkedInExperience: Director of Quality Control · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Kathleen Jung has been Director of Quality Control at Thermo Fisher Scientific since August 2025, based in St. Louis, Missouri, and has also held Global Analytical Strategic Lead there since September 2022. Kathleen Jung lists a Supervising Senior Scientist row at Thermo Fisher Scientific open since 2019 and was Senior Process Development Scientist at Patheon from 2017 to 2018.
Kimberly Crawford
LinkedInExperience: Director, Microarray Laboratory & Bioinformatics Services · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Kimberly Crawford has been Director, Microarray Laboratory & Bioinformatics Services at Thermo Fisher Scientific since February 2022, based in Redwood City, California. Kimberly Crawford was Staff Program Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific (acquisition of Affymetrix) from 2016 to 2022 and Head of Axiom Custom Program at Affymetrix from 2014 to 2016.
Laura Abaray
LinkedInExperience: Head of Quality Control · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Laura Abaray has been Head of Quality Control at Thermo Fisher Scientific since March 2023, based in Greater Boston. Laura Abaray was Head of QC Bioanalytical at Thermo Fisher Scientific from 2021 to 2023 and QC Chemistry Manager at Sanofi from 2019 to 2021.
Marc Rumpler
LinkedInExperience: Laboratory Director - Phadia Immunology Reference Laboratory · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Marc Rumpler has been Laboratory Director - Phadia Immunology Reference Laboratory at Thermo Fisher Scientific since March 2026, Medical Director - PPD Laboratory since September 2025 and Clinical Laboratory Director - One Lambda Laboratories since January 2023, based in the Nashville area. Marc Rumpler was Laboratory Director at Thermo Fisher Scientific from 2021 to 2022.
Margaret (Peggy) Smith
LinkedInExperience: Director, Lab Operations · Olink, Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Margaret (Peggy) Smith has been Director, Lab Operations at Olink, Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific since August 2020, based in Massachusetts, with a headline reading Senior Director, Lab Operations at Olink Proteomics. Margaret (Peggy) Smith was Manager of Laboratory Operations at Integrated Genetics (Westborough, MA) from 2008 to 2020.
Michael Harris
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Laboratory Services · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Michael Harris has been Director Of Laboratory Services at Thermo Fisher Scientific since April 2017, based in Greenville, North Carolina, and describes expertise in leading pharmaceutical laboratories. Michael Harris was Senior Quality Manager at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals from 2014 to 2017 and Director of Quality Control at G&W Laboratories from 2012 to 2014.
Oliver Maurer
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Quality Control Pharma · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Oliver Maurer has been Director Global Quality Control Pharma at Thermo Fisher Scientific since January 2023, based in Linz, Austria, and also lists Director Global Lab Office at Patheon, a row open since October 2016. Oliver Maurer was Head of Qualiy Control at Patheon from 2012 to 2016.
Sean Lawson, BS, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global QC Laboratory Operations & Laboratory Systems · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sean Lawson has been Senior Director, Global QC Laboratory Operations & Laboratory Systems at Thermo Fisher Scientific since March 2024, based in Clarksburg, Maryland. Sean Lawson was Head of Global Quality Control at AstraZeneca from 2020 to 2024 and Senior Director Quality Stability Laboratories Janssen Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine from 2017 to 2020.
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