{"id":7614,"date":"2023-08-20T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zomtest.zomedica.com\/?page_id=7614"},"modified":"2023-12-28T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T16:19:19","slug":"tony-blair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/about-zomedica\/tony-blair\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7614\" class=\"elementor elementor-7614\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ee538b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ee538b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7f501f\" data-id=\"b7f501f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c4ef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"99c4ef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8abe33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-woocommerce-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"e8abe33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">Home<\/nav>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afe9704 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afe9704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7615\" alt=\"Mask Group 47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47.png 680w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-540x540.png 540w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-240x240.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95c95d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95c95d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tony Blair<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42aa4b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42aa4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chief Operating Officer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ece26f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ece26f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tony Blair recently joined Zomedica in January 2022. Prior to joining Zomedica, he was a principal founder of BGA Mfg. Services LLC, a manufacturing and operations consulting organization. Blair was COO of Cardiox Corporation from 2012 through 2016, a privately held company that developed, manufactured, and marketed drug-device combination products for the structural heart and liver markets. Blair has more than 30 years of operations leadership experience in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.<\/p><p>Before joining Cardiox in 2012, Blair served as VP of Manufacturing for Devicor Medical Products, the parent corporation of Mammotome, a global company dedicated to acquiring and growing healthcare companies which subsequently acquired Neoprobe, a public company, where he served as Vice President, of Manufacturing Operations.<\/p><p>Prior to Neoprobe, from 2002 to 2004, Blair served as Vice President of Manufacturing at Enpath Medical, the company that acquired Biomec Cardiovascular, Inc.<\/p><p>From 1998 through 2001, Blair led the manufacturing efforts at Astro Instrumentation, a medical device contract manufacturer. He was part of the leadership of the company from its initial start-up in 1998. Prior to Astro, he spent 10 years at Ciba-Corning Diagnostics (now Bayer) in various managerial capacities including Operations Manager, Materials Manager, Purchasing Manager, and Production Supervisor. Before that, he was employed by Bailey Controls and held various positions increasing in responsibility in purchasing and industrial engineering. Blair started his career at Fisher Body, a division of General Motors, in production supervision.<\/p><p>He holds a Bachelors\u2019s degree in Business Administration from Cleveland State University.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-970af2b\" data-id=\"970af2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e854ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9e854ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b13f12 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b13f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7615\" alt=\"Mask Group 47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47.png 680w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-540x540.png 540w, https:\/\/zomedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mask-Group-47-240x240.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6adcf6 aright elementor-widget-icon-box wgl-icon-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-wgl-button\" data-id=\"b6adcf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wgl-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<a  class=\"wgl-button btn-size-lg\" role=\"button\" href=\"\/about-zomedica\/karen-dehaan-fullerton\/\"><div class=\"button__content align-icon-right\"><div class=\"media-wrapper icon-wrapper\"><span class=\"wgl-icon\" ><i class=\"icon elementor-icon flaticon flaticon-right-arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><span class=\"button__text\">Next Leader<\/span><\/div><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d71533f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d71533f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Karen DeHaan-Fullerton, General Counsel &amp; Corporate Secretary<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Blair Chief Operating Officer Tony Blair recently joined Zomedica in January 2022. 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