Berkeley Lights, Inc., a leader in digital cell biology, announced the appointment of Lucas Vitale to the newly created role of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective immediately. Vitale will lead Berkeley Lights’ Human Resources function. He will report directly to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Siddhartha Kadia. As Berkeley Lights’ newly appointed CEO, Dr. Kadia is focused on the further development of its human capital and talent function to support the Company’s growth opportunities.
Over his 20-year career in the life sciences industry, Vitale has gained extensive expertise across all aspects of Human Resources. Prior to joining Berkeley Lights, Vitale served as senior vice president of Human Resources at Arena Pharmaceuticals, which was recently acquired by Pfizer. In this role, he supported the evolution of the company’s global human resources business partners and talent acquisition functions, as well as talent related efforts for the company throughout its merger negotiations and integration planning. Prior to that, Vitale held a variety of HR roles, including CHRO, during his seven-year tenure at NuVasive, a publicly traded medical device company. As CHRO at NuVasive, he led the global HR strategy for approximately 2,700 employees across 50 countries and implemented the company’s first formal Diversity & Inclusion roadmap. Prior to NuVasive, Vitale spent 10 years at Life Technologies, where he was an integral member of the global HR leadership team and served on the company’s acquisition and integration team where he supported the scaling of the company from several hundred employees to nearly 10,000 by the time it was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2014.
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“With two decades of experience in all facets of human resources in the life sciences industry, Lucas is a skilled leader with a talent for building and scaling organizations and high-performance leadership teams,” said Dr. Kadia. “In his new role, Lucas will support the development of our teams, processes and operations by drawing on his passion for people and experience in scaling organizations. As Berkeley Lights continues advancing its strategic priorities, we will also benefit from Lucas’ experience in thoughtfully guiding the cultural evolution necessary to support transformative growth.”
“I am honored to join Berkeley Lights and look forward to supporting the continued growth of the organization,” said Mr. Vitale. “It’s clear that Berkeley Lights has incredible employees who consistently apply their collective talent, time, and expertise to help advance the Company’s mission and deliver for customers. I look forward to working with our talented team to further build on the people and organizational capabilities who will help Berkeley Lights’ advance its strategic priorities.”
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