Crystal Girod is a scientist with an MsC in Bioinformatics. As Senior Commercial Product Manager at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, she is based at the company’s development and manufacturing center in San Jose, California. She oversees strategic development of the company’s liquid handlers, from market research to new product launches, working closely with research and development teams and customers. Previously, Crystal held the senior applications scientist position with liquid handling in the internal applications team.