WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced that Richard F. Begley, Ph.D., has joined the Company as vice president and general manager of its Analytical Sciences business. In this position, he will develop and lead the growth strategy globally for the organization’s entire portfolio of analytical instrumentation which includes chromatography, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, thermal analysis and laboratory information management systems (LIMS).