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Published on: 11/12/2009
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Scott Lathe, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Mr. Lathe has over 15 years experience in managing and growing start-ups and young companies, with extensive background in business planning, strategic marketing, marketing communications and recruiting and managing sales teams and worldwide distribution channels.
Most recently, Mr. Lathe has consulted with numerous companies to create business plans or assist in turn-around efforts.
Prior to consulting, Mr. Lathe was Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Appian Graphics.
As one of two managing executives, Mr. Lathe oversaw the growth of Appian from a start-up to over $40 million in revenue in less than 4 years.
Appian was sold for a 10 fold return on investment.
Prior to Appian, Mr. Lathe held high level marketing positions at other high technology, high-growth companies such as Precision Digital Images, Virtual Vision, and Captaris.
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Prior to joining OpenHelix, Dr. Lathe was a bioinformatics researcher for nearly 4 years at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in the Bork group.
His research topics ranged from the evolution and regulation of bacterial genes to mapping Human SNPs to 3D protein structures.
His publications can be found in top research journals such as Nature, Genetics and Trends in Genetics.
Dr. Lathe has also had extensive lecturing experience at several colleges and universities including the University of Rochester, City College of San Francisco and University of Heidelberg.
Dr. Lathe holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in Molecular and Evolutionary Biology and completed his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University in Zoology and Art History.