Mark Stevenson is an investor and board member in early-stage life sciences companies. Mark has over 30 years' experience in the life sciences industry, with strategic and operational leadership skills setting strategic direction and growth aspirations of complex innovation focused life science businesses. Previously, Mark served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Thermo Fisher Scientific, President and Chief Operating Officer at Life Technologies, and President and Chief Operating Officer at Applied Biosystems. He serves on the board of the Personalized Medicine Coalition. Mark received his MBA from Henley Management School and his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Reading, both in the U.K.