Siddhartha Kadia
Dr. Siddhartha Kadia joined Mesa Laboratories as President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2026 and serves as a member of the Board of Directors. He brings more than two decades of experience leading and scaling global life-sciences and testing businesses. Prior to Mesa, Dr. Kadia served as CEO of Calibre Scientific, a global life-sciences tools platform, and of PhenomeX (formerly Berkeley Lights), a NASDAQ-listed digital cell-biology company. Earlier, as President and CEO of EAG Laboratories, he built the global scientific-testing business through its acquisition by Eurofins Scientific. At Life Technologies, he led the company's largest and most profitable division — a $2 billion global Life Sciences business spanning reagents, instruments and diagnostics — and held senior leadership roles across Japan and Greater China. He began his career at McKinsey & Company in the healthcare practice. Dr. Kadia has served on the boards of numerous public and private life-sciences companies, including ALS Limited (where he is a current non-executive director), NuVasive, Volcano Corporation, Newport Corporation, Horizon Discovery Group, Berkeley Lights and IsoPlexis. A scientist by training, Dr. Kadia earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, where his research on how neural systems encode complex information was recognized with the David Israel Macht Award. He holds an M.S. from Rutgers University and a B.E. from Gujarat University, India. This scientific foundation informs his approach to leading a company at the center of measurement science, quality control and innovative life sciences tools.
John Sakys
John V. Sakys joined us in October 2012 as our Chief Financial Officer. From 2009 through October 2012, Mr. Sakys held several positions with The Berry Company, LLC, and its predecessor company, Local Insight Regatta Holdings, Inc., most recently as its Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. Sakys was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Isonics Corporation, a NASDAQ listed company based in the Denver area. From September 2000 to April 2001, Mr. Sakys was the Controller of AuraServ Communications. From July 1998 to September 2000, Mr. Sakys was Director of Financial Reporting for Media One, Inc. From December 1994 to July 1998, Mr. Sakys was an audit manager at Ernst and Young LLP. Mr. Sakys received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting from the University of California at Santa Barbara and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Brian Archbold
Brian Archbold joined Mesa in January 2018 as Senior Vice President, Continuous Improvement. From January 2015 to 2018, Mr. Archbold worked for Quadion LLC, a global manufacturer of medical and automotive components, as Vice President of Global Operations. From September 2012 to January 2015, Mr. Archbold was Director of Operations for Beckman Coulter, part of the Danaher Corporation. Prior to Danaher, Brian was with Thermo Fisher Scientific where he held various senior leadership positions of progressive responsibility in Operations.
Mr. Archbold began his career with IBM in Supply Chain Management. Mr. Archbold has a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Michigan University and his MBA from Michigan State University.