Dr. Claude D. Benchimol, Ph.D.

Overview

Claude D. Benchimol, Ph.D. (age 57) has served as Senior Vice President of Research and Development of Invitrogen since September 2003. Prior to Invitrogen, Dr. Benchimol held a variety of technology leadership roles during his more than 15 years at General Electric (GE) Corporation. He was Vice President and General Manager of global technology for GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, serving in that position from January 2002 to August 2003. Prior to GE Dr. Benchimol was employed by Thomson-CGR, a medical imaging company. He served as Manager of Advanced Research Laboratory from 1981 to 1988 and Research Engineer from 1979 to 1980. Dr. Benchimol received an equivalent of an M.S. in Engineering from -cole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications in France, as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Systems Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Benchimol is also a member of the French Academy of Technology.