About

James Barry is Executive Vice President and President, Life Science Group of Bio-Rad Laboratories, a role to which he was appointed in May 2024, succeeding Simon May. He oversees the Company's Life Science Group.

Mr. Barry previously served at Bio-Rad as Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Operations from 2022 to 2024, Senior Vice President, Quality Controls Division from 2020 to 2022, and Vice President/General Manager, Quality Controls Division from 2017 to 2020. Prior to joining Bio-Rad in 2017, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Beckman Coulter, a Danaher Corporation company and a global life sciences and diagnostics innovator, from 1999 to 2017.

Mr. Barry holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Roles

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Executive Vice President and President, Life Science Group · Current role
2024–present
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Operations
2022–2024
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Quality Controls Division
2020–2022
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Vice President/General Manager, Quality Controls Division
2017–2020
Beckman Coulter (a Danaher Corporation company)
Roles of increasing responsibility
1999–2017
Beckman Coulter
Lab automation and genomics portfolio sales leader
until 2017

Also at Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

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