People on the Move

STYR Labs appointed John Siefert as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining STYR Labs, Siefert was CEO of Virgo, a tradeshow and media company. STYR Labs is an artificial intelligence-based company that combines wearable technology, smart devices and apps to create personalized products.

LabVantage named Bob Voelkner as vice president of sales and marketing. Voelkner has 35 years of experience of laboratory information management products. Prior to joining LabVantage, he served as sales manager in the Americas for the LIMS division of Applied Biosystems. Previously, he spent seven years in senior sales roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Informatics and Services division. He began his career at Beckman Coulter as a senior software developer working on LIMS and chromatography data systems, progressing to director of global sales and marketing of its laboratory automation operations division.

Biolase appointed Richard B. Lanman to its board of directors. Lanman is currently chief medical officer at Guardant Health, a developer of non–invasive cancer diagnostics. A board-certified neurologist and physiatrist, he is the author of 45 articles published in peer reviewed scientific journals. Biolase develops laser systems for use in dentistry and medicine.