Jean-Pascal Viola has served as Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy and Business Development since 2023 and has been a member of QIAGEN's Executive Committee since 2019. He joined QIAGEN in 2005 through the acquisition of Nextal Biotechnologies Inc., a provider of technologies for protein crystallization, where he served as President and CEO. Before assuming his current role, he served from 2020 to 2023 as Senior Vice President, Head of the Molecular Diagnostics Business Area. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Montreal in Canada.