{"id":5900,"date":"2021-03-20T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qualigendiagnostics.com\/staging\/9074\/?p=5900"},"modified":"2022-01-28T21:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T05:56:57","slug":"michael-s-poirier-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qualigendiagnostics.com\/staging\/9074\/michael-s-poirier-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael S. Poirier: Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael S. Poirier founded Qualigen in 1996 and is its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Qualigen, Mr. Poirier was Vice President of Marketing for Ashirus Technologies, Inc., a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of innovative high-precision dispensing pumps and related equipment for the medical industry. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Poirier was Director of US Area Operations for EnSys, Inc., located in Research Triangle, North Carolina. EnSys developed and manufactured field-portable immunoassay test kits for the environmental remediation industry. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Poirier was employed by Sanofi Pasteur in Chaska, Minnesota, as a Marketing Manager responsible for launching the ACCESS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Immunoassay System. This novel diagnostic system was later acquired by Beckman-Coulter and is now one of the leading immunoassay test systems worldwide. From 1985 to 1991, Mr. Poirier was employed by Abbott Diagnostics, a division of Abbott Laboratories, Inc. in various marketing and sales positions, including Worldwide Immunoassay Product Manager for the IMx<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and AxSym<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> immunoassay diagnostic systems. Both IMx and later, AxSym, became the leaders in their respective markets. Prior to working at Abbott, Mr. Poirier served as an officer in the United States Navy, assigned to the US Atlantic Fleet. Mr. Poirier holds a B.A. from Providence College and attended the University of Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, School of Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/3.1.0\/jquery.min.js\"><\/script>\n<script>\n    $(document).ready(function () {\n        $(\"#tabs > .head > ul > li\").click(function (e) {\n            $(this).addClass(\"active\");\n            $(this).siblings().removeClass(\"active\");\n            index = $(this).index();\n  \n            $(\"#tabs > .content > div\").removeClass(\"active\");\n            $(\"#tabs > .content > div:nth-child(\" + (index + 1) + \")\").addClass(\"active\");\n        });\n    });\n<\/script>\n<div id=\"tabs\">\n  <div class=\"head\">\n    <ul>\n      <li>Leadership<\/li>\n      <li class=\"active\">Board of Directors<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"content\">\n    <div id=\"theLeadership\">\n      <div class=\"tabBox\">\n        <div class=\"lrgTile\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qualigendiagnostics.com\/staging\/9074\/?p=5448\">\n          <h4 class=\"has-white-color\">Michael S. 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