Mr. Fischer has been with Agilent Technologies / Hewlett Packard for 32 years. Over his career, he has held positions in technical marketing and research and development. He has over 40 United States-issued patents in the field of mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry as well as over 30 peer-reviewed publications. He was the recipient of the Agilent Technologies 2007 Bill Hewlett Award for outstanding instrument design innovation. Mr. Fischer currently manages Agilent’s Academia and Government market segment. His team has responsibility for Agilent’s worldwide metabolomics and proteomics programs. This includes developing solutions to the challenges of lipidomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and integrated biology analysis.