December 3, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Clarient, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLRT) has launched a CFO transition plan that calls for financial executive Michael R. Rodriguez to become its senior vice president and chief financial officer on December 7.

Raymond J. Land, the current senior vice president and chief financial officer of Clarient, will continue to serve in that position until Rodriguez takes over Land’s duties, after which Land will remain with Clarient as a consultant until the final fiscal 2009 accounting is completed and Clarient’s form 10-K is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Rodriguez has served as a senior financial executive in a variety of emerging growth companies. His most recent experience was as chief financial officer of Irvine, California-based Endocare, a medical device company focused on minimally invasive technologies for tissue and tumor ablation, from 2004 through July 2009, when it was acquired by HealthTronics.

California-based Clarient’s principal customers include pathologists, oncologists, hospitals and biopharmaceutical companies. The company provides oncology diagnostic technologies, such as flow cytometry and molecular testing.

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