Terry Fetterhoff

Sr Director, Technology Management
Roche Diagnostics

Mr. Fetterhoff received a Masters degree in Pathology from University of Western Australia (1981). He then worked at the Denver Children's Hospital from 1982 to 1987 where he oversaw the construction of a 3 laser, 5 parameter flow cytometer. In 1987, Mr. Fetterhoff took the position of R&D Manager for Boehringer Mannheim in Indianapolis in which he was responsible for development and manufacturing of Immunology and Biochemical product lines. He became Director of R&D for Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals in 1995. During this time, the primary research focus was the development of methods to isolate pancreatic islets for subsequent transplantation into diabetics. When Roche acquired Boehringer Mannheim in 1996, Mr. Fetterhoff was responsible for moving the R&D function to Berkeley where the focus of the research was in vitro protein expression. For the past seven years, he has served in the Chief Technology Office of Roche Diagnostics, where he oversees the evaluation of emerging technologies for application in Medical Diagnostics.

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