VP of engineering oversees all facets of development and manufacturing of micro parallel liquid chromatography system and its ancillary products
Nanostream, a provider of high-throughput microfluidic analytical systems to companies involved in drug discovery and development, announces that Hau Duong is promoted to VP of engineering.
Duong has over 18 years of experience in instrumentation development and customer support for analytical systems ranging from DNA-based medical devices to thermonuclear fusion diagnostics.
As VP of engineering, Duong oversees all facets of Nanostream's development and manufacturing of the Veloce micro parallel liquid chromatography system and its ancillary products.
His team of software, electrical, mechanical and chemical engineers and scientists are responsible for enhancing the Veloce system for broader utility throughout drug discovery and for developing new products based on customer feedback.
In addition, Duong currently manages the company's customer service and support organisation.
"Over the years, Hau has proven his ability to design instrumentation and bring new products to market in a timely manner," said Stephen O'Connor, CEO of Nanostream.
"Hau's commitment to high-quality products and service sets a high standard for our technical staff to work with each customer to ensure success in their unique environment." Duong's background spans the entire product development process from basic research and engineering to manufacturing and quality assurance of instrumentation and medical devices.
He joined Nanostream in 2002 as director of instrumentation.
Prior to working at Nanostream, he served as senior scientific and engineering manager at Motorola, where he led the engineering group and managed customer services for the life sciences business unit.
He was also a director at Clinical Micro Sensors, a DNA diagnostics company (acquired by Motorola in 1999).
Duong has a PhD in physics from the University of California at Irvine and an MBA from the University of Ottawa.
