Exec Search Underway at PacBio After CEO, CFO Announce Plans to Retire

Gene sequencing company Pacific Biosciences of California is seeking two new leaders in the wake of retirement announcements by a pair of longtime top executives.

PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) president and CEO Michael Hunkapiller plans to retire by year’s end, and the company’s chief financial officer, Susan Barnes, is slated to do the same in August.