Telesis Bio (TBIO) Announces CEO Change

On April 17, 2024, Telesis Bio (NASDAQ: TBIO) announced that Todd R. Nelson, Ph.D., Founder, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company and member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board), will cease serving as the Company's CEO, effective as of April 16, 2024, and will remain a member of the Board (the Transition). In connection with Dr. Nelson's leaving his employment as the Company's CEO, the Company anticipates executing a Separation Agreement and Release with Dr. Nelson.

Also on April 17, 2024, the Company announced that Eric Esser, who had been serving as the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, assumed the position of President and CEO for the Company, effective as of April 16, 2024. Mr. Esser, 54, has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer since May 2022 and was appointed to the office of President in May 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Esser served as VP of Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Berkeley Lights, Inc., a life sciences tools company, from December 2019 to May 2022 and VP of Operations at Unchained Labs, a life sciences company, from May 2015 to October 2019. Prior to that, he was Head of Global Operations at ProteinSimple, a protein tools company acquired by Bio-Techne, General Manager for Metallkraft AS’s China and Singapore division, General Manager, China and Director New Product Introduction at Molecular Devices, and Manufacturing Engineering Manager at KLA-Tencor. Mr. Esser earned a BSEET in Engineering from DeVry University.

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