AN ACADEMIC CAN BE GOOD CEO MATERIAL.
You snigger. A CEO from academia, who also
happens to be a woman, can take a company public.
You snigger again. An academic—who also happens
to be an immigrant female—is the CEO of a public
company. You are positively guffawing. So meet Dr. Anu
Deshbandhu Saad, chairman and CEO of IMPATH Inc., a
$250 million NASDAQ (NASDAQ: IMPH) listed company in
the business of developing cancer information platforms for
physicians and drug developers.