Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2002
RUDOLPH POTENZONE, President and Chief Executive Officer of LION
bioscience AG, joined the company in March 2001. With over 20 years of
cheminformatics experience, he most recently served as Senior Vice
President for Marketing and Development at MDL, where he managed the
design, development and marketing of MDL's software and database
products. Previously, Dr. Potenzone was Director of Research and New
Product Development at Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), and held senior
positions at Polygen/Molecular Simulations, Inc. Dr. Potenzone holds a
PhD in Macromolecular Science from Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biophysics and
Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company andthen a picture of what you're doing now?
Dr. Potenzone: LION bioscience is a company that was founded in 1997, so
we're