Sam Raha's biography

Sam Raha
Senior Vice President, Agilent
Strategy and Corporate Development
Sam Raha is senior vice president of strategy and
corporate development at Agilent Technologies.
Raha is responsible for leading Agilent’s growth strategy
and is a key advisor to the CEO and executive team. He
manages strategic partnerships, equity investments and
global mergers and acquisitions.
Raha joined Agilent in May 2017 from Illumina, Inc.
where he was vice president of global marketing. In that
role he was responsible for product management,
clinical and corporate marketing, marketing operations and strategy. He led the
successful go-to-market strategy and launch of many impactful products, including
multiple sequencing systems and consumables.
Prior to his years at Illumina, Raha was vice president and general manager of the
genomic assays business unit at Life Technologies responsible for the TaqMan™
franchise and next-generation qPCR instruments and solutions.
Before that Raha was CEO of Joby, Inc, a 30-person startup that has since become a
leading brand for camera accessories.
Earlier in his career Raha was vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Americas
Field Operations, for what was then the Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Group.
Raha has an undergraduate degree in molecular and cell biology from the University of
California, Berkeley and an MBA from Santa Clara University.