Core Informatics Adds Kevin Cronin As Chief Commercial Officer

BRANFORD, Conn., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Informatics, provider of the premier cloud-based scientific informatics platform, today announced that Kevin Cronin has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer.

Mr. Cronin brings 25 years of experience leading sales and marketing teams that demonstrated outstanding growth and success serving pharmaceutical, agrochemical, consumer and chemical companies.  He joined Core from Dassault Systemes BIOVIA (formerly Accelrys) where he was most recently Vice President North America Life Science and Accelrys Vice President for Global Strategic Accounts.  Previously he played sales leadership roles at several rapidly growing software companies, including nine years with Symyx where he served as Senior Vice President of Sales during a period of significant growth, and NextBio where he built a global sales team.

"Kevin has a sterling reputation in our industry as an executive who is passionate about the success of his clients," said Josh Geballe, CEO of Core Informatics.  "This was the most important quality we were looking for in a leader to head up our commercial activities and bring the unique value of the Core Informatics platform further into the market."

In this new role Mr. Cronin will have worldwide responsibility for Core's sales and marketing activities in response to the significant and growing demand for the company's innovative platform.

"I'm excited to join Core at a time when scientific research has become a global collaborative endeavor," said Kevin Cronin, Core Informatics Chief Commercial Officer.  "Core's innovative laboratory informatics platform and suite of Software as a Service (SaaS) capabilities support distributed research teams and meet the industry's demand for lower cost of ownership and shorter time to value.  I look forward to working with the forward thinking team at Core to help companies improve productivity and drive rapid innovation of new products and therapies."

About Core Informatics

Core Informatics provides the industry's leading Scientific Platform-as-a-Service (sPaaS), including web-based LIMS, ELN, SDMS solutions that help scientists reduce research cycle time, automate laboratory workflows, facilitate collaboration and derive more value from their data.  With dozens of major companies and thousands of scientists already using its software, Core Informatics has received recognition from industry analysts and publications as a transformational leader in the industry.  Founded in 2006, Core Informatics supports customers worldwide from its offices in Branford, CT, Cambridge, MA and London, England. For further information visit www.CoreInformatics.com.

SOURCE Core Informatics