Eleanor Kolossovski - PhD, MBA

Visionary
DISC Type : Ds

Founder and Principal at LDM Product Excellence

Greater Boston, United States

Overview

Eleanor Kolossovski is the Founder and Principal of LDM Product Excellence, leveraging over two decades of experience to translate life science innovations into market success. With a PhD in Molecular Biology and an Executive MBA, she specializes in commercial strategy for research tools and diagnostics. People often describe her as brilliant, a strong product leader, and a system thinker.


Her career began at the research bench as a molecular biologist before she pivoted to focus on bringing scientific breakthroughs to the people who need them most.

Personality Overview

Big Vision Person

Goal-Oriented

Fast But Thoughtful

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Topics They Care About

Bringing Science to Market
Her entire career, from biologist to founder, has focused on creating the commercial blueprint that turns scientific innovation into market success for life science and IVD companies.
Scientific Collaboration
Emphasizes that scientific progress depends on community and sharing knowledge, a core principle from her time at Addgene, a scientific resource-sharing platform.
Product Excellence
Her consultancy is named LDM Product Excellence, and she helps leadership teams scale by defining where to play, how to win, and how to execute consistently.

Media Appearances

Eleanor has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2026
Founder and Principal at LDM Product Excellence
3-2025 - 12-2025
Vice President of Global Business Strategy at Addgene
2023 - 2024
Vice President of Commercial at Synthego Corporation
2021 - 2023
Senior Director of Product Management and Commercial Operations (Clinical Dx) at LGC
2020 - 7-2021
Director of Product Marketing (Molecular Dx) at LexaGene

Education

MBA (Executive) from AGSM @ UNSW Business School
PhD from The Australian National University

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Insights For Selling To Eleanor

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer
  • During followups, use phone or text if needed, they should be fine
  • Use phrases like 'your team deserves', 'best in class' etc.

DONT's

  • Don't go over them unless you are left with no other option
  • Don't get into pricing discussions early on, steer conversation towards proven results
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Eleanor is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Eleanor

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Eleanor move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Eleanor take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Eleanor

Personality Compatibility


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