Thermo Electron has announced the appointment of Bill Summers as its global sales director, informatics
In this newly-created role, Summers will be responsible for all commercial aspects of the Informatics business on a worldwide basis, driving sales of Thermo's market leading informatics solutions, including SampleManager and Nautilus Lims and the Atlas chromatography data system.
"Bill's appointment reflects Thermo's commitment to meeting the needs of large, global organisations with proven laboratory informatics solutions and services" commented Billy McKnight, managing director of the informatics business at Thermo.
"His experience and proven track record in enterprise software applications into life science industries make Bill an ideal addition to our leadership team".
Prior to joining Thermo, Bill Summers spent over nine years with Aspen Technology in a variety of business development roles, most recently as vice president of sales for chemicals/pharmaceuticals.
He was previously a manager in the mergers and acquisitions group of UOP.
Summers graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1984 and received his MBA from the University of Houston in 1991.
