Most recently, Mr Schmidt was a principal at a consulting firm he founded in 2002, providing high-level interim financial management and M&A services.
Prior to that, Mr Schmidt served as operations director at B2eMarkets, a supply chain technology company, and director of finance and operations at LA Gear Europe. Mr Schmidt started his career at Cardinal Health in corporate finance.
Mr Schmidt said: “I am delighted to join Agendia during this exciting time and help prepare the company for our next financing round. I look forward to our first investor meetings next week during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.”