Dr. Richardson has several years of experience in both scientific research as well sales, marketing and business development within San Diego’s biotechnology community.  Prior to joining DiaMedica 2007, he was a Team Leader in the sales division at Beckman Coulter where he consistently exceeded sales quotas, was named a ‘sales person of the year’ and was Vice President of Beckman Coulter’s Toastmasters International public speaking organization. In addition, he was a district manager for VWR, a distributor for Beckman Coulter, where he led a team of over 50 sales representatives. Prior to this, Dr. Richardson was employed by Roche Applied Science as a technical sales representative. Dr. Richardson earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Manitoba and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Diego.