Michael Ero
Founder and CEO at Machaon Diagnostics
- Role
- Founder and CEO at Machaon Diagnostics
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Ero
Mike Ero is the founder and CEO of Machaon Diagnostics, headquartered in Berkeley, CA with a second CAP/CLIA site in New Orleans, LA. He has built a solutions-based, team approach to laboratory medicine, designing new and innovative laboratory strategies to meet unmet needs in the healthcare and bioscience industries. He is a laboratory expert with over 25 years of healthcare experience. Mr. Ero leads a team with over 450 aggregate years of experience in medical laboratory diagnostics and genetics. Under his leadership, Machaon Diagnostics’ scientists and physicians have pioneered multiple disruptive laboratory techniques and processes that have revolutionized how life-threatening diseases can be managed and characterized. Machaon Diagnostics has been the contract laboratory or primary contract research organization (CRO) on over 350 clinical trials and studies with physical, molecular, immunologic, platelet and special coagulation endpoints. Clients include Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms and large academic medical centers, multinational CROs and national/international reference laboratories from around the world. Mr. Ero speaks regularly at national and international scientific conferences and has over 30 scientific publications.Prior to founding Machaon Diagnostics, Mr. Ero was vice president of the Coagulation Center, Inc. of Oakland, California prior to its acquisition by Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX). He has held past clinical and research roles with The Scripps Research Institute, Loyola University Medical Center and the University of Illinois, Chicago. Mr. Ero is the founder and board chairman of Labs4Free, a charitable organization (501c3) that provides laboratory services to underserved populations. In 2016, he led the acquisition, relocation and integration of Louisiana Coagulation Lab, Inc.Mr. Ero is also a good laboratory practices (GLP) auditor and an FDA and EMA regulatory affairs consultant.
Experience
Founder and CEO
May 2003 — Present
Education
Harvard Business School
Certificate, Healthcare Strategy
2020
Loyola University Chicago
License - Clinical Laboratory Scientist / Certification - Medical Technologist, Medical Technology
1996 — 1997
Harvard Business School
Certificate, Finance for Senior Executives
2022
Harvard Business School Executive Education
Certificate, Strategic Negotiations
2024
Harvard Medical School Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education
Certificate, AI in Health Care: from Strategies to Implementation
Michigan State University
BS, Medical Technology
Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
MBA, Focus: entrepreneurship, valuations and M&A
2007 — 2009
Skills
- Commercialization
- Medical Diagnostics
- Hematology
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Medical Devices
- Clinical Research
- Strategic Planning
- Molecular Biology
- Laboratory Skills
- Biomedical Engineering
- Laboratory
- Validation
- Immunology
- Medical Technology
- Hospitals
- Biotechnology
- Healthcare Management
- Health Policy
- Clinical Trials
- Microbiology
- Hardware Diagnostics
- Healthcare
- Emr
- Start-Ups
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