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Rick Pierro

President,
Life Sciences East

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Life Sciences East
PO Box 457
Seabrook, NH
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Mr. Rick Pierro is President and co-founder of Superior Controls, one of New England’s largest independent engineering firms providing automation and information systems to the BioPharma, Food and Beverage, and Energy fields.

Mr. Pierro is currently on the Board of Directors of Acumentrics Corporation, a leading fuel cell manufacturer; E-Trolz, Inc., a manufacturer of intelligent controllers for the medical device industry; MindChild, Inc., a developer of fetal heart monitoring equipment, and Degree Controls, Inc., a leading manufacturer of cooling systems for computers He is also Chairman of the Board of Advisors to the University of Mass – Lowell Engineering Departmentas well as a past recipient of the Francis College of Engineering “Distinguished Engineer Award” and past President of the Boston – International Society of Pharmacuetical Engineers. He serves on the Board of Advisors of UNH. He is a also frequent guest speaker on automation and future trends in automation and is an active member and on the board of ISPE, Boston.

Mr. Pierro received a Bachelors in Chemistry from Boston University in 1981, an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lowell-Mass in 1983 and has 25 years of automation experience. For the past 17 years at Superior Controls, he has helped design and implement hundreds of automation/information systems using PLC, DCS, and PC based solutions.