Leadership

Business Units

Richard F. Begley, Ph.D.

Richard F. Begley, Ph.D., is president of Emerging Technologies, an internal new ventures organization of PerkinElmer. He joined PerkinElmer in February 2007 as president, Analytical Sciences, a role in which he was responsible for developing and leading the global growth strategy for the Company's entire portfolio of analytical instrumentation.

Prior to joining PerkinElmer, Dr. Begley was president and CEO of Ensemble Discovery, and previously served as president and CEO of 454 Life Sciences. He has also held senior management positions with Agilent/Hewlett-Packard, including director of manufacturing, general manager of its Chemical Solutions and Mass Spectrometry units, and head of worldwide research and development for the Chemical Analysis Group. In addition, Dr. Begley has served in management and senior research positions with Schlumberger and Los Alamos National Laboratories.

Dr. Begley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Fordham University, as well as a Master of Science degree in applied physics, an Executive Master of Business Administration and a doctorate in applied physics from Stanford University.