Sam Lanyon

Executive Chair @ Lumos Diagnostics

About

A business professional with broad and practical leadership experience within organisations that have innovation at their core. Demonstrated skills in sales management, business development, project management and new product development.

Country

Australia

City

Greater Melbourne Area

Industry

Medical Device

Skill

Strategy Development, Medical Devices, New Business Development, Sales Management, Product Development, ISO13485, Innovation Management, Medical Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Marketing Strategy, Direct Sales, Product Design, Manufacturing, Business Strategy, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Project Management, Mechanical Engineering, Lifesciences, Commercialization, Start-ups

Experience

Executive Chair

Lumos Diagnostics

2016-1 - Present · 10 yrs 9 mos

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lumos is a rapid diagnostics services and product company headquartered in Australia with operating businesses in California and Florida. We have a game changing bacterial / viral diagnostic product for acute respiratory illness called FebriDx.

Executive Director / GM Innovation Services

Planet Innovation

2009-6 - Present · 17 yrs 4 mos

436 Elgar Rd, Box Hill, VIC 3128 Australia.

Planet Innovation Pty Ltd is a technology development and commercialisation company specialising in the development and manufacture of technology-rich products for its clients in healthcare and other regulatory/compliance focused markets e.g. lifesciences / GMP environments. The company has an experienced team of Mechanical, Electronics and Software Design Engineers and Scientists who are capable of turning ideas into reality. As the GM of Innovation, Sam is responsible for the AU, US and EU based design/project personnel who are entrusted by the partners to deliver game-changing high-tech / high-complexity products to market. Supporting the local and international health tech & product design communities through various programs and initiatives such as: Juror - ByDesign TV Show (Australian & US versions) Lead Juror - Victorian Premier's Design Awards (2024 & 2025) Juror - Product Design - Good Design Australia (2025)

Juror - Product Design Category - Good Design Australia

Good Design Australia

2025-6 - 2025-10 · 5 mos

Australia

Jury member involved in the review of Good Design Award applications for the Product Design Category with a focus on sub-categories of Medical and Scientific as well as Commercial and Industrial. Participated in the final judging committee for the overall Best-In-Class reviews and selection. Focus of the jury was to assess overall quality of the design, innovation and impact for the products i.e. assessment across aesthetics, technology, human factors, sustainability and return on investment.

Non Executive Director

Paragon IM Pty Ltd

2017-10 - 2025-5 · 7 yrs 8 mos

Melbourne, Australia

Non Executive Director & Compensation Committee Chair

Tenpoint Therapeutics, Ltd.

2019-11 - 2024-7 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Seattle, Washington

Non Exec Director Chair of Remuneration Committee

Non Executive Director

Streamwise AI

2019-1 - 2020-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

Melbourne, Australia

Executive Director

Zen Ecosystems

2015-8 - 2020-5 · 4 yrs 10 mos

General Manager

Genea Biomedx

2013-1 - 2015-5 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Sydney, Australia

Sales Director

SolaMate Pty Ltd

2008-12 - 2009-6 · 7 mos

Supporting technology start-up (solar air heating) with commercialisation strategy and execution.

Sales Director - Europe (BSD)

Leica Microsystems

2007-3 - 2008-6 · 1 yr 4 mos

After the acquisition of Vision BioSystems by Danaher Corporation in 2007, retained to head the European sales team for Leica Microsystems (BSD). The position included the management of direct sales and support teams in UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria. The primary focus of the role was to plan and execute a significant change management program with the merger and restructuring of the Vision BioSystems and Leica sales networks.