John D. Ratliff has been Chief Executive Officer of Covance Drug Development at Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings since October 1, 2016. John Ratliff has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and information technology industries. John Ratliff served as Chief Executive Officer and President of HUYA Bioscience International, LLC from March 23, 2016 to September 2016. John Ratliff served as the President of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. from August 2010 to December 31, 2013, Chief Operating Officer from November 2006 to December 31, 2013 and Chief Financial Officer from June 2004 to October 2006. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Quintiles Transnational Corp. since June 30, 2004 and served as its President and Principal Accounting Officer. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Quintiles Transnational Corp. since October 2, 2006. He joined Quintiles from Acterna LLC., a subsidiary of Acterna Corp., where he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President since November 2001. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Vice President of Acterna Corp. from January 1, 2002 to October 2003. He joined Acterna Corp. in June 2000 from IBM, where he served as Vice President of Finance and Planning, Personal Systems Group and Assistant Controller for IBM's personal computer unit from January 1997 to June 2000. Before moving to Acterna in 2000, he served 19 years at IBM, holding several positions of increasing responsibility. During his career at IBM, he held a variety of senior executive positions in several divisions, including serving as Vice President of Finance and Planning for IBM's Latin American operation from November 1995 to December 1996. He served as a Director of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. from May 2006 to December 31, 2013 and Quintiles Transnational Corp. from October 2, 2006 to December 31, 2013. John Ratliff received his MBA from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. and his Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.