Base4 Appoints Michael J. Savage as Chairman of the Board.Business Editors 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. AND TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 Base4 announced today that Mr. Michael J. Savage has been appointed as Chairman of the Board. Mick previously served as President &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 Molecular Simulations Inc. (MSI MSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. ), a leading provider of molecular modeling and simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program. and services for both life and materials science materials science Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material's composition and structure, both macroscopic and microscopic. research. Mick was instrumental in bringing MSI to the forefront of developing computer assisted drug discovery software for preclinical research &development. Through a combination of internal growth and acquisitions, Mick saw MSI's revenues increase sixty fold over eight years. Prior to MSI, Mick served in several key senior management positions in sales and marketing. His experience and industry focus within the science and information technology communities have contributed to the success in his roles with Stardent Computer, Biosym Technologies, Molecular Design Ltd., and Beckman Instruments. Dr. Martin Sumner-Smith, President and CEO of Base4 said, &uot;Base4 is benefiting from Mick's extensive experience in the scientific software community. Base4 is aligned for significant growth and Mick will be integral to our future success.&uot; Speaking on his election as chairman of the board, Mick said, &uot;I look forward to working with the other board members to oversee Base4's growth in both its revenue and earnings as well as its contributions in knowledge management for scientific collaborative R &D. I believe we are now poised to provide the products and leadership that will turn the vision that our clients have of the future into reality.&uot; Base4 is a pharmaceutical informatics company that develops and applies data and knowledge management tools to support research and development processes within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Base4's U.S. head office is located 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. and its Canadian head office is located in Mississauga, Ontario For the First Nation, see . Mississauga (pronounced: [ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə] listen . Base4 has sales offices in Boston, Newark, Philadelphia, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and Vancouver. Base4's flagship product, PharMatrix, is a feature-rich, collaborative electronic, knowledge management product configured specifically for the life sciences R &D environment. It facilitates the capture, storage and dissemination of knowledge generated during the scientific discovery process. For example, PharMatrix manages the complex steps of Drug Discovery, from target identification and confirmation, assay development, screening and lead optimization, to the various stages of preclinical development. The comprehensive functionality of PharMatrix can be rapidly deployed and is easily customized and extended to meet the needs of R &D teams. Further information about the company can be found at http://base4.com and about PharMatrix at http://pharmatrix.com |
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