SciQuest.com Hires Industry Marketing Experts. Marketing Professionals Expand SciQuest.com's Scientific and Health-Care Experience
Monday September 20, 7:34 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--
SciQuest.com(TM) Inc., the efficient solution for sourcing, buying and using laboratory
products used in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, university, clinical and industrial
markets, Monday announced two new hires in its marketing division.
John Meek was hired as vice president of customer segment marketing, and Mark Vander Hoff was hired as vice president of
product application marketing.
Meek is responsible for marketing activities related to SciQuest.com's customers -- scientists, researchers and purchasing
managers. He has extensive marketing, communications and sales management experience. Prior to joining SciQuest.com, he
was vice president of marketing for Concentrix Corp., where he handled all aspects of marketing and corporate
communications.
He also served as vice president of marketing and sales for Nalge Co., a subsidiary of Sybron International, as well as other
sales and marketing positions in lab products companies such as Flow Laboratories and Corning Medical and Scientific.
Prior to joining the corporate world, Meek was the chief microbiologist and Cell Culture laboratory manager for the University
of Colorado-Boulder's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a microbiologist for the Centers for Disease Control
Vector-borne Diseases Branch. He received a bachelor's in microbiology and chemistry from Emporia State University and did
graduate work in molecular biology at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Vander Hoff is responsible for marketing activities related to suppliers and distributors. He has more than 15 years of
progressive sales and marketing experience in the biological and health-care industries, including building sales through direct
sales and distribution channels and customer needs analysis. Prior to joining SciQuest.com, he was president of Oxyphen USA
Inc., where he introduced the product lines to the North American market and negotiated worldwide licensing rights.
He also held several positions with Gelman Sciences Inc., including director of global accounts management, director of
diagnostics, general manager and director of marketing for the process filtration division. Vander Hoff also worked for
BioProbe International and Warner Lambert/Park Davis. He received a bachelor's degree in general studies and an MBA from
the University of Michigan.
``Both John and Mark are experienced professionals with extensive experience in the scientific and health-care industries,'
noted Sanjay Gupta, SciQuest.com's chief marketing officer. ``Their experience will help us continue to provide the best buying
and selling experience for scientists, purchasing professionals and suppliers.'
About SciQuest.com
SciQuest.com(TM) is the leading Web-based, interactive marketplace serving the global market for laboratory supplies used
by the pharmaceutical, clinical, biotechnology, chemical, industrial and university organizations. The company's marketplace
utilizes enabling Internet e-technologies and leverages its deep industry expertise to streamline the traditionally inefficient,
time-consuming and expensive manual buying and selling process for laboratory supplies.
The company's distributor-neutral approach allows the creation of an open and robust marketplace that benefits both buyers
and sellers. Founded in 1995, the company employs 147 professionals in 15 states. SciQuest.com's headquarters is in
Research Triangle Park, N.C., with offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Plainview, N.Y. For more information, visit
www.sciquest.com.
Note to Editors: SciQuest, SciMail and BioSupplyNet are registered trademarks of SciQuest.com Inc. in the United States.
SciQuest.com is a trademark of SciQuest.com Inc. in the United States. LabDeals is a service mark of SciQuest.com Inc. in
the United States.
Contact:
SciQuest.com, Research Triangle Park
Peyton Anderson, 919/659-2100
panderson@sciquest.com
or
The Word Factory, Los Angeles
Margot Lester 323/512-3070
margot@thewordfactory.com
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