Meet the Team

Robert E. Badal, Director of New Business Development

Bob joined IHMA in November 2005 as Director of New Business Development, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the diagnostics industry—especially the field of antimicrobial susceptibility testing . Prior to coming to IHMA, Bob worked at Dade Behring MicroScan for 23 years, serving in management roles in various areas including Research & Development, Technical Services, Customer Training, and Marketing. Two of his primary functions as Marketing Director, International, were to interface on behalf of MicroScan with the global pharmaceutical industry and to design the configurations of MicroScan’s antimicrobial susceptibility testing panels. Before joining Dade in 1982, Bob worked with Dr. Arthur Barry for 8 years as a research associate at the University of Calfornia, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento, California, doing research on antimicrobial susceptibility testing and bacterial identification methodologies.