QIAGEN N.V. announced that Dr. Barthold Piening joined the company as of December 1, 2018, as the new Senior Vice President, Head of Global Operations and member of the Executive Committee. Dr. Piening brings to QIAGEN more than 30 years of experience in strategy and operations in the pharmaceutical, life science and medical device industries through assignments at STADA AG, ALTANA Pharma, Nycomed and Takeda.