APAC SPSFAM Mid Year 2016

Mr. Vincent Paez Sr. Director, Food, Environmental & Forensics Testing SCIEX

Biography Mr. Vincent Paez is a U.S.A. citizen, who speaks fluent Spanish with good French and German. He is an analytical chemist. In 1984, he received a B.S. degree in chemistry from Stony Brook University in New York. He worked in various analytical chemistry labs with techniques such as atomic absorption, thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and x-ray diffraction.

In 1990, he received an M.B.A. degree from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at U.C.L.A.

Vincent then joined the Hewlett Packard Company (now called Agilent Technologies). At HP/Agilent, Vincent held several sales and marketing positions, including: Product Manager for Gas Chromatography, Sales Development Manager, European Business Development Manager, and Asia Programs Manager. In 2004, Vincent joined Thermo Electron Corporation (now called Thermo Fisher Scientific) as Vice President of Americas Sales, responsible for sales in Canada, U.S.A., and Latin America for the Scientific Instruments Division. In 2008, Vincent began his role as Director of Food Safety at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He was responsible for building the global food safety business. In March of 2012, Vincent joined AB SCIEX (now SCIEX), an operating company of the Danaher Corporation, as Senior Director of Food, Environmental & Forensics Testing, responsible for bringing new mass spectrometry based solutions to these markets. SCIEX is the world’s leader in mass spectrometry for food testing. Mass spectrometry is the most reliable form of chemical testing in food. Vincent’s team is responsible for helping labs all over the world, especially in China, use mass spectrometry in food testing.