David MacDonald

David Macdonald has served in CEO and COO roles for over 25 years, most recently as the CEO at First Light Diagnostics, and formerly as a Division President, COO and Vice President at Quest Diagnostics. He has raised over USD $160 million privately in both equity and debt financings and he has led a series of companies through successful exits. He is a result-oriented, decisive leader with biotech industry expertise in a wide variety of medical diagnostic systems, molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine, pharma collaboration, medical devices, research products, and laboratory services. He has an extensive successful track record in M&A integration, fundraising, strategic planning, and business plan execution in complex life science companies, large and small, public, and private.

David has been an invited speaker at a variety of industry events and has served on several industry Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors. He holds a BSBA degree in Management and Finance from Northeastern University in Boston and an MBA from Babson College, Massachusetts, with a focus on Marketing and Entrepreneurship.