Ph.D Chemistry
Heiri joined XL TechGroup in April 2007 as the CEO of QuoNova LLC. Heiri has over twenty-five years' experience in growing high-tech and life sciences companies from within and through M&A transactions, as well as extensive global corporate management experience at small public and large multinational companies.
Prior to his appointment at QuoNova, Heiri was President and CEO of Icoria, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICOR), which he transformed from a functional genomics agricultural research services company into a healthcare biomarkers company anchored in systems biology. Before, in his capacity as President of Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Heiri served on that company's several biotechnology units in the US, and served as Vice-Chairman of the American Crop Protection Industry Association. Since 1999 he has served on the Board of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, where is a member of the Executive and Nominating Committee.
Heiri holds a Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Bern, Switzerland and was an IBM World Trade Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics.