Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2002

Rudolph Potenzone – Lion Bioscience Ag (leon)

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 and

then a picture of what you're doing now?

Dr. Potenzone: LION bioscience is a company that was founded in 1997, so

we're