Biography

Jon Meltzer, Ph.D., is Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer at Labcorp, where he oversees the company’s diagnostics lab operations, global supply chain, and enterprise strategy.

Jon joined Labcorp in 2006 and has held leadership roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Laboratory Operations, leading operations across more than 30 laboratory locations and oversight of the P&Ls for the Esoteric business units.

Previously, he held a series of senior leadership roles, including Senior Vice President of Strategy, Senior Vice President of Esoteric Businesses, Senior Vice President of Specialty Oncology, and Vice President of Corporate Development, in which role he managed licensing, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and led the Labcorp Venture Fund. Jon also played a pivotal role in Labcorp’s pandemic response, directing efforts that delivered more than 70 million COVID-19 PCR tests and supported next-generation sequencing surveillance for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Before joining Labcorp, Jon worked in venture capital, the Duke Office of Licensing and Ventures, and the North Carolina Department of the State Treasurer. Earlier in his career, he served as a Technology Commercialization Officer at the National Research Council of Canada and co-founded a company manufacturing molecular reagents for biomedical research.

Jon holds his Bachelor of Science and a Doctorate in anatomy from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.