The Versaphor Team
Dr Rob Scoffin – CEO
Rob joined Cresset as Chief Executive Officer from CambridgeSoft in April 2010. He replaces Bea Leigh who has moved to non-executive Chairman. At CambridgeSoft, Rob was Vice President of European Operations where he was responsible for significant growth in their European business. Rob has a DPhil in Chemistry from Oxford University.
Beatrice Leigh – Chairman
Beatrice worked in academic research at both Cambridge and Harvard Universities before moving to SmithKline & French in 1980. She was Director of Operations for Technology Development at GSK and was responsible for several start-up companies spun out of GSK’s research. She joined Cresset in March 2004.
Dr Andy (J.G) Vinter CChem, FRSC – Founder
Andy has forty years experience in the pharmaceutical industry with Beechams, Ciba, Maybridge, The Wellcome Foundation and SmithKline & French. Since 1990 he has been a Scientific Consultant and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and is also a Visiting Professor at University College London. Andy was the scientific founder of Cresset.
Dr Mark Mackey – Chief Scientific Officer
Mark’s PhD in Chemistry at Cambridge was followed by experience in molecular modelling and software development at Napp Pharmaceuticals and at Merck, Sharpe and Dohme. He was one of the founders of Cresset. Mark became Chief Scientific Officer of Cresset in January 2011.
Dr Tim Cheeseright – Director, Products
After a DPhil in Chemistry at Oxford, Tim gained experience as both a medicinal chemist and a molecular modeller at Peptide Therapeutics and Medivir before joining Cresset in 2002.
Dr Mike Breen – Sales Manager and Account Manager for UK and Northern Europe
With an academic background in Biochemistry and very extensive experience in laboratory instrument sales, and IT/informatics sales, Mike brings a wealth of experience to Cresset. He joined the team in September 2010 and is responsible for overall sales, and for accounts in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany.
Vivian Hu Adams – Account Manager for UK and Southern Europe
Viv has a BSc in Molecular Biology from UC Berkeley, and has worked in the lab as a biologist, as well as having extensive Sales experience with both SciTegic and Accelrys. She speaks French and Manadarin. Viv is responsible for sales in the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Africa.
Dr Rae Lawrence – Account Manager for USA and Canada
Rae has a very strong academic background with a BSc in Chemistry and a PhD in Computational Chemistry from the University of Missouri. SHe has worked in the computational software industry for the last 9 years, including time with ACD/Labs and Chemical Computing Group in both Sales and Application Support roles. She is responsible for all sales in the US and Canada.
