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Name:	Andy Zaayenga
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Profile

Andy Zaayenga has been involved in laboratory automation and robotics since 1989, first as an engineer at Zymark (now Caliper Life Sciences), a pioneer in laboratory automation; then as founder of SmarterLab, a consultancy for laboratory automation; then as founder of TekCel, a leader in sample management in drug discovery automation. Andy is Executive Chair of the nonprofit Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG). Since his election to the board in April 1996 the group has grown from a regional membership of 200 to a global presence of over 9,000.

He is a member and past Board Director of the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) and holds membership in the Society for Biomolecular Screening (SBS), International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He served on the Program Committee of the Microplate Technology and International Conference on Automation and Robotics (MipTec-ICAR). He is an editor of the Dmoz Open Directory Project for the categories of Laboratory Automation and Robotics; Laboratory Refrigeration and Cold Storage; Laboratory Hoods; and Pipettors, Automatic and Manual. Andy has served as an Officer of the American Chemical Society Laboratory Automation National Division. He has moderated scientific sessions at LabAutomation, Miptec-ICAR, Laboratory Robotics Interest Group, American Chemical Society, and ScreenTech meetings. He moderates the Laboratory Equipment Control Interface Specification (LECIS) Discussion Group and is on the editorial advisory board of several scientific journals. Andy holds three patents and has published as well as collaborated and assisted in several scientific papers.

His knowledge of laboratory processes and automation as well as the people and companies involved in it is extensive due to his years in the industry and participation in LRIG as well as the other focus groups.