Accelrys Appoints Chief Science & Technology Officer.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACCL ACCL American Canadian Caribbean Line ACCL Acceleration ACCL American College of Construction Lawyers ACCL Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology (Allied Health Certification Program) ACCL Amway China Co Limited ) today announced the appointment of Mathew Hahn, PhD as Chief Science & Technology Officer. Dr. Hahn is responsible for driving the direction of Accelrys' science and technology by working closely with Accelrys' clients and ensuring the visibility and viability of the scientific and technical pedigree of Accelrys. Dr. Hahn will also focus on actively engaging Accelrys' internal scientific and technical communities by chairing both the Accelrys Sabbatical Program and the Technology Council. Dr. Hahn's tenure with the company extends back to his joining Molecular Simulations in 1989 following the receipt of his PhD from the University of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. under Professor W.T. Wipke. In the following 10 years Dr. Hahn led Molecular Simulations' product development effort for a number of its life science products, including the Catalyst product line, and has made significant contributions to positioning Accelrys as a market leader. In 1999, Dr. Hahn co-founded the industry-leading workflow company, SciTegic, Inc. (SciTegic) which Accelrys subsequently acquired in September 2004 and Dr. Hahn re-joined Accelrys as general manager of the SciTegic subsidiary. Dr. Hahn will remain general manager of the SciTegic subsidiary, and continue to guide the development and marketing of its innovative and open workflow platform, Pipeline Pilot(R). "Over the past 15 years, Matt has become a recognized industry leader, working in the fields of computational chemistry Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computers to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids. and informatics. He has robust industry relationships with leading commercial and academic scientists around the world," said Mark Emkjer, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Accelrys. "I look forward to the increased value that Matt will undoubtedly bring to the organization in this expanded role." About Accelrys Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL) is a leading provider of software for computation, simulation, and the management and mining of scientific data used by biologists, chemists and materials scientists, including nanotechnology researchers for product design as well as drug discovery and development. Accelrys technology and services are designed to meet the needs of today's leading research organizations. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . For more information about Accelrys, visit its website at http://www.accelrys.com/. |
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