Management
Naishu Wang, MD, Ph. D. – President and CEO
Dr. Wang received her medical degree in 1970 from Chongqing University of Medical Sciences in China and obtained her doctorate from Ohio University in 1991. With 14 plus years practicing medicine as an OBGYN and her research training, Naishu led the Medical Diagnostic Division at Allied Biotechnology International, Inc from 1991 thru 1996 as their Director before founding Alfa Scientific Designs, Inc. in 1996
Jim P. McMenamy – VP and General Manager
Mr. McMenamy joined Alfa in 2008. With over twenty years experience in the areas of clinical diagnostics and medical devices, a BS in Biomedical Engineering/ Medical Lab Technology and MBA in Marketing and Health Admin., Jim brings a fresh and innovative leadership style to Alfa. Prior to joining Alfa, Jim worked for Inverness Medical Innovations and held the positions of VP-Distribution Relations and VP/ General Manager of Innovacon/ Inverness Medical Professional Diagnostics. While at ACON Laboratories (1999-2006) he held key positions such as VP of Sales and Marketing and GM Professional/OTC Diagnostics and was instrumental in recruiting their key talent and substantially contributed to their presence in the lateral flow industry. Jim also previously worked for Quidel Corp., Biotest Diagnostics Corp., and Becton Dickinson to name a few.
Chai Bunyagidj, Ph. D. – Chief Operating Officer
With 20 plus years of technical and management experience in the medical device and diagnostic industry, Mr. Bunyagidj joined Alfa in 2003 in charge of Business Development later to become its COO in 2007. Prior to Alfa, Chai held key positions at Triosent, San Diego Biotech, and Hybritech Inc. as well as VP positions at Applied Biotech Inc. While at American University, Washington, D.C. Chai received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and his Post-Doctoral for Research. Chai also holds a BS in Chemistry from the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand.
Marie E. Dorat, ASQ, CQA - Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Manager
Ms. Dorat joined the Alfa team at the beginning of 2012 to head up our QA/RA department. Marie has worked in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries for over 10 years with firms such as Alere, Gen-Probe and Pfizer, Inc. Combined with training from New York University, where she earned a BA in Finance, an AA in Business Adminstration from Berkley Clairemont in New York and additional regulatory certification, Marie brings essential skills to Alfa’s Quality Management System.
Francine A. McCormick – U.S. Sales Director
In July 2011, Ms. McCormick joined Alfa Scientific as our new U.S. Sales Director. Fran comes to Alfa directly from Agilent Technology where she was the Sales and Contracts Manager. Prior to Agilent, she has a long history at Varian Inc. and prior to this at Roche Diagnostics. As you can see, Fran brings a lot of industry experience in the Drugs of Abuse arena to our organization. In addition to her DOA testing experience, prior to 1997 Fran worked for Ortho Pharmaceuticals/GynoPharma where her focus was on Inside Sales for women’s contraceptive products. Fran has a BA for Business Law from Ocean County College.
