St. Louis, MO – March 5, 2012 – Cofactor Genomics, a leader in plant and animal genomic research, has tapped the life science sales expertise of Don Henricksen for its North American Sales Director position.  Mr. Henricksen has over 30 years of experience in the scientific community in various research, sales and leadership positions.
“As part of our strategy to reach out to more researchers with our D&A™ solution, we have made the commitment to expand our sales efforts,” commented Jon Armstrong, chief operating officer at Cofactor. “For the past decade, Don has utilized his creativity to capture and expand market share, develop best practice sales models, and build award-winning high performance teams and we look forward to leveraging his expertise at Cofactor,” he added.
Prior to joining Cofactor, Henricksen was a regional manager at PerkinElmer, Inc., in the company’s Bio-discovery division.  He received numerous awards relating to sales achievements during his 16 years with PerkinElmer and was instrumental in driving business development, marketing and sales strategies.