Michael Paulo

Mr. Paulo joined Azenta Life Sciences in July 2017 as Vice President and Chief Information & Digital Officer. As the Chief Information & Digital Officer Mr. Paulo provides the strategic vision, operational plan, and execution for the technology enablement of the business, enabling the continual positive transformation and progression of the global business.

Mr. Paulo began his career at Automatic Switch Co. in Florham Park New Jersey which was acquired by Emerson Electric Co. based in St. Louis Missouri. Over the course of the next twenty-seven years at Emerson, Mr. Paulo held increasing roles of global responsibility across several key divisions of Emerson, each serving different global industries from healthcare to data centers and telecom: CIO at ASCO Power Technologies, CIO at Energy Systems, CIO at Liebert, and CIO Americas and VP Global Transformation at Emerson’s Network Power business platform which became Vertiv, a $4B annual revenue global business with a footprint in over 147 countries.

Mr. Paulo received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and MBA from Rutgers University. He also holds several certifications spanning the Information Technology & Information Systems professio