Chief Executive Officer
Frank joined Pathline in September 2019 and was named CEO in December of that year. Frank is a highly accomplished professional in the laboratory industry with exceptional business strategy and technical experience in healthcare.
Prior to Pathline, Frank spent 17 years with Aegis Sciences Corporation in Nashville, TN. As President of Aegis he helped lead the growth of the company from a small, regional laboratory to a national forensic/healthcare laboratory with over 900 employees. He was instrumental in the launch of the PainComp® service in 2005, which quickly grew to the premier toxicology/compliance platform in the lab industry.
Mr. Moser has been recognized as a Power Leader in Healthcare by the Nashville Business Journal and was named to the inaugural class of Nashville Healthcare Council’s Fellows Program.
Chief Medical Officer
Early 2023, Dr. Liu returned to Pathline where he previously served as Medical Director. Most recently, Dr. Liu served as a surgical pathologist and hematopathologist at Rutgers University, where he currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology. He was Interim Chair at the Department of Pathology for both Monmouth Medical Center and Community Medical Center. Additionally, he was the past Director of Flow Cytometry, GenPath/Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. He has over 23 years of experience in consulting, research, morphologic and flow cytometric diagnostic skills.
Dr. Liu completed his hematopathology fellowship under the direction of Dr. Glauco Frizzera at New York University Medical Center, NY. In addition, he completed a residency of combined programs in anatomic and clinical training at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY. He earned his M.D. degree from the Beijing Medical University, China, where he also served as a research and teaching fellow at the Department of Biophysics at Hebei University with an emphasis on cell biology.
Chief Operating Officer
Michael leads all key operational aspects of Pathline Labs, including Logistics, Customer Service, Operations Excellence, and Laboratory Operations. With over 30 years of experience in the reference laboratory business Michael is passionate about driving continuous improvement in daily operations and helping Pathline make sound business decisions for present and future growth.
Michael has experience in Operations and Process Excellence across manufacturing, distribution, and healthcare industries. Prior to joining Pathline Labs in 2010, Michael was director of support Services/National Support Process Owner at Genzyme Laboratories.
He has an exemplary record of building and developing high-performing teams that consistently surpass business goals and generate profitable growth in Operations and Sales environments. He is highly skilled in operating a business by turning data analytics into practical business information, utilizing review mechanisms, and creating a performance culture to deliver results. Michael received his bachelor’s degree from University of Connecticut and his MBA from Fordham University.
Chief Commercial Officer
Steve Pickens leads Sales, Marketing, Communications, Payer Relations, and the Commercial Laboratory business as Chief Commercial Officer. As a seasoned strategic leader, Steve brings 26 years of expert experience in healthcare working with multi-national companies, most recently with Aegis Sciences as Vice President of Sales for nine years.
He has worked with Alpharma, and Mylan, developing plans focused on growth, market access, marketing, and communications programs. As Chief Commercial Officer Steve will continue to develop plans focused on growth, market access, sales, and marketing programs. Steve received his Bachelor’s in Business Administration Management from University of Memphis.
Chief Financial Officer
Krista brings over 30 years of experience in anatomic and esoteric laboratory management to Pathline. Prior to joining Pathline as CFO, Krista spent 23 years with ProPath, including as Executive Director during a period of extensive growth.
Chief Information Officer
Having joined Pathline in November 2019 as Chief Information Officer, Wajid provides strategic oversight of all Pathline’s information technology operations, digital solutions, and informatics. Wajid brings over 15 years of diverse technology management experience ranging from multi-national companies to regional clinical laboratories, most recently with MedLabs Diagnostics as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. While at MedLabs he led the development of custom laboratory applications which reduced manual processes by 25,000+ hours /year.
As Chief Information Officer Wajid will continue to implement innovative technology solutions to help Pathline improve the way we use technology to exceed the expectations of our patients, clients, and employees.
Wajid received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rutgers University and a Master’s of Business Administration with a concentration in IT Management from Rutgers University.