President and Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Schneider has served in a number of roles at MilliporeSigma, including its predecessor entities (the life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), most recently as Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and Innovation, and Chair of the Life Science Innovation Board from 2016 until April 2022, where he led strategy development, business development, and licensing for a global team of biologists, chemists and engineers.
Prior to that, between 2006 to 2015, Dr. Schneider served as Vice President of the Bioscience Business Unit, Vice President of Research Content and Reagents Business, General Manager of New Business Initiatives R&D and Business Development, and Vice President of Research Reagents Business Unit. From 2003 to 2006, Dr. Schneider served as Vice President of Research & Development, Business Development & Scientific Affairs at Serologicals, Inc. Dr. Schneider received his Ph.D. in biology from University of California, Irvine.