Founder of www.chemspider.com
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
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- President at ChemConnector
- President at ChemZoo
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- Chief Science Officer at Advanced Chemistry Development
- VP of Scientific Development and Marketing at Advanced Chemistry Development
- Business Development and Marketing Manager at Advanced Chemistry Development
- Senior Product Manager at Advanced Chemistry Development
- NMR Technology Leader at Eastman Kodak Company
- NMR Facility Director at Ottawa University
- Postdoctoral Fellow at National Research Council, Canada
- Education
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- University of London
- University of Liverpool
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Antony Williams’s Summary
After 10 years working with a single organization to assist in leading their growth to becoming the dominant force in integrated analytical data management, physicochemical prediction and nomenclature generation software I have chosen to take a personal sabbatical prior to deciding on my next career path.
Over the past decade I held many responsibilities including the direction of the development of scientific software applications for spectroscopy and general chemistry, directing marketing efforts, sales and business development collaborations for the company. Eight years experience of analytical laboratory leadership and management. Experienced in experimental techniques, implementation of new NMR technologies, walk-up facility management, research and development, manufacturing support and teaching. Ability to provide situation analysis, creative solutions and establish good working relationships. Prolific author with over a hundred peer-reviewed scientific publications, 3 patents and many public presentations.
Founder of ChemZoo Inc., the host of ChemSpider (www.chemspider.com). ChemSpider is an open access online database of chemical structures and property transaction based services to enable chemists around the world to data mine chemistry databases. This is presently the focus of some of my time during my chosen sabbatical.
Antony Williams’s Specialties:
Product and project management, Organizational and Leadership development, Competitive analysis and Business Development, Entrepreneurial.
Antony Williams’s Experience
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President
ChemConnector
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Chemicals industry)
November 2007 — Present (7 months)
ChemConnector is a consulting organization focused on connecting chemists with solution providers. With a focus on cheminformatics solutions our role is to translate a problem into a potential solution and facilitate the identification of the appropriate path to resolution, establish the necessary relationships and, where appropriate, bring together the necessary team to solve the problem.
With a well-developed network of contacts in the industry and access to a skilled team of developers and project managers with many years of experience ChemConnector may be able to provide an answer to your probem. -
President
ChemZoo
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2007 — Present (10 months)
After 10 years of leading many aspects of the business within a chemistry software organization I have chosen a period of personal sabbatical time in order to decide where to take my career to next.
ChemSpider is a project of passion - it is where I am focusing some of my efforts during this period of downtime and renewal so that chemists around the world can benefit from the efforts and experience of myself and a number of innovative and creative friends and colleagues. -
Chief Science Officer
Advanced Chemistry Development
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2003 — July 2007 (4 years 5 months)
Leading various parts of the organization including sales, marketing, customer services and with a specific focus on our technical development. Had the opportunity to work with some of the best intellect in the industry, both inside and outside the company, to develop some of the leading tools in the marketplace.
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VP of Scientific Development and Marketing
Advanced Chemistry Development
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2001 — March 2003 (2 years 1 month)
Primary technical consultant to sales staff and customers regarding implementation of spectroscopy management tools and other ACD/Labs software; Worldwide on-site consultant for ACD/Labs software (Europe, Asia and North America); Responsible for establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships and relationships. Manage second line managers in marketing communication and technical support staff to work through and answer customer issues;
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Business Development and Marketing Manager
Advanced Chemistry Development
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2002 — March 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Establishing visions and managing the product management and design and implementation team for appropriate functionality in desktop chemistry-based software products including spectroscopy processing and management (NMR, MS, IR, UV-Vis), structure drawing, physicochemical property prediction (LogP, pKa, LogD, BP etc.) and nomenclature generation (IUPAC and CAS Index Naming); Project head for the SLIMS web-based sample, structure and spectral management Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). This system was the basis of SIMPLE, a fully cGMP compliant web-based sample management system presently in the third year of a four phase implementation cycle for Pfizer; Primary responsible person for conference presentations in both oral and published formats; Manage second line managers in marketing communication and technical support staff to work through and answer customer issues; Marketing concept design and management of ACD graphic designers and web page design concepts.
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Senior Product Manager
Advanced Chemistry Development
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1997 — March 2000 (3 years 1 month)
Establishing visions and managing the product management and design and implementation team for appropriate functionality in desktop chemistry-based software products including spectroscopy processing and management (NMR, MS, IR, UV-Vis), structure drawing, physicochemical property prediction (LogP, pKa, LogD, BP etc.) and nomenclature generation (IUPAC and CAS Index Naming); Project head for the SLIMS web-based sample, structure and spectral management Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). This system was the basis of SIMPLE, a fully cGMP compliant web-based sample management system for Pfizer; Marketing concept design and management of ACD graphic designers, web page design concepts and advertising support.
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NMR Technology Leader
Eastman Kodak Company
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry)
May 1992 — March 1997 (4 years 11 months)
Management of 7 professional NMR spectroscopists and 2 technicians; Defending and management of laboratory annual budget (over 2.2 million dollars in terms of capital spending, ongoing costs); Maintenance and operation of nine NMR spectrometers including three for walk-up service ; Co-designer of a web-based LIMS system for managing research samples and data within the Analytical Technology Division of Eastman Kodak; Enabled a walk-up facility (MS, NMR and IR) to serve the spectroscopy needs of Kodak research chemists; Support of Kodak spectroscopy needs including research, scale-up and manufacturing support; Established worldwide NMR team including cross divisional and geographical boundaries (including Europe); Provide an environment appropriate to teamwork and development of group dynamics; Publication of research in peer-reviewed journals and internal to Kodak; Perform and guide research to maintain state-of-the-art NMR capabilities across Kodak worldwide
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NMR Facility Director
Ottawa University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
November 1990 — May 1992 (1 year 7 months)
Maintenance and operation of two NMR spectrometers including walk-up service; Support of Chemistry and Biochemistry department staff and students for acquisition and interpretation of data including innovation of appropriate techniques to solve the immediate problems; Management of laboratory finances and budget; Presenting teaching courses in spectroscopy; Interfacing with industrial and government laboratories to provide services; Utilizing local NMR equipment around Ottawa to support University needs (included solid state NMR, 400MHZ, 500MHz and 600MHz Varian and Bruker liquid state spectrometers, EPR spectroscopy) ; Writing NMR supporting documentation for publications; Providing defense to Canadian government agencies for scientific activities (spectroscopy support and instrument upgrades); Authoring the “Marion Prober”, the Ottawa University NMR newsletter.
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Postdoctoral Fellow
National Research Council, Canada
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Think Tanks industry)
December 1988 — May 1990 (1 year 6 months)
EPR spectroscopist specializing in single-crystal EPR studies of free radicals
Antony Williams’s Education
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University of London
Ph D, Chemistry, 1985 — 1988
Bourne Medal for Best Scientific Thesis at the University of London 1988
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University of Liverpool
B Sc Hons I, Chemistry, 1982 — 1985
Undergraduate Studies -First Class in Chemistry, Pure/Applied Maths Studies and Statistics Final Exams; B.Sc. First Class Honors in Chemistry
Morris Ranger Undergraduate Scholarship
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Antony Williams’s Interests:
Reading, Writing (both science and poetry), Exercise (running and weight-training), Gardening, Blogging
Antony Williams’s Groups:
ACS, ISSX, Open Access Movement, ChemSpider
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