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Darlene Solomon is vice president and Chief Technology Officer of Agilent Laboratories. Solomon's responsibilities include developing the company's long-term technology strategy and overseeing the alignment of Agilent's objectives with its centralized research-and-development activities.
Solomon brings extensive experience in R&D and management to her current leadership role at Agilent Labs. She joined Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in 1984 as a member of the technical staff, subsequently holding a variety of research and management positions there, including R&D Manager for the Chemical and Biological Systems Department. She joined Agilent Technologies when the company was formed in 1999. Prior to being named to her current post, Solomon held the dual role of director of the Life Sciences Technologies Laboratory within Agilent Labs, as well as senior director, research and development/technology, for Agilent's Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis business.
Solomon, who was born in 1959 in Walnut Creek, Calif., received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Stanford University and a doctorate in inorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With numerous patents and publications to her name, Solomon was inducted into the Women in Technology International's Hall of Fame in 2001. She serves on a number of scientific boards, including the external Advisory Board for NSF's (National Science Foundation) Nanobiotechnology Center and the Policy Board for DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Center for Biochemical Optoelectronic Microsystems. | 