Dotmatics Appoints Michael Swartz as Senior Vice President Enterprise Product
Dotmatics Ltd, a leading cloud-first scientific research platform and Insightful Science company, has appointed Michael Swartz—formerly VP of Software Solutions and Strategy at PerkinElmer Informatics and VP of Knowledge Management at CambridgeSoft—as Senior Vice President Enterprise Product to lead enterprise product vision, strategy, development, and marketing, leveraging his 20+ years of scientific software expertise to drive growth and deliver integrated end-to-end R&D software solutions.
Industry leader from PerkinElmer joins the Dotmatics & Insightful Science team to lead enterprise product vision, strategy, and roadmap
Bishop’s Stortford, UK, 24 August 2021: Dotmatics Ltd, an Insightful Science company and provider of a leading cloud-first platform for scientific research, announced the appointment of Michael Swartz to lead its Enterprise Product Strategy & Management functions. Dotmatics is a leading enterprise B2B software company serving the global scientific R&D industry, backed by Insight Partners, a global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software ScaleUp companies.
Michael Swartz brings over 20 years of experience in scientific software development. His deep industry knowledge and understanding of scientific use cases have earned him a reputation for delivering exceptional value to customers. Prior to joining Dotmatics, Michael was the Vice President of Software Solutions and Strategy at PerkinElmer Informatics, where he led strategic planning and execution for the overall product portfolio, including the Signals platform, ChemDraw, and Spotfire. He has also served as Vice President of Knowledge Management at CambridgeSoft, a pioneer in the Electronic Lab Notebook market.
In his new role at Dotmatics, Michael will lead the product vision, development, and delivery of products and marketing campaigns, as well as work collaboratively with company leadership to drive growth strategies.
Michael Swartz, Senior Vice President Enterprise Product at Dotmatics, commented:
“The scientific community has waited a long time for an organization with the necessary scope and resources to provide easy-to-deploy, end-to-end software solutions for all critical R&D functions. The combination of Dotmatics’ scientific workflow capabilities with industry-leading bioinformatics products like SnapGene and Geneious Prime and biostatistical analysis products like GraphPad Prism provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform the scientific research and R&D market. Our industry is at a pivotal stage of evolution with scientists needing a unified approach to data management to accelerate discovery. I am hugely excited to be working with fellow industry leaders at Dotmatics and Insightful Science to improve research and lab efficiency and ultimately help to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and better place to live.”
Thomas Swalla, CEO of Insightful Science, added:
“We warmly welcome Michael to Dotmatics and look forward to having his valuable input in the business. His key insight into the market and users, combined with his metrics-driven approach to scalable success, will be instrumental in guiding our product marketing strategies. Attracting industry experts like Michael further endorses the strength of our growth trajectory and confirms our position as the leading cloud-first enterprise informatics solution provider.”
Recently, Dotmatics announced that it was acquired by Insightful Science and joined its growing portfolio of scientific research and data solutions serving more than 1 million global scientists. The combined company forms the Cloud for Scientific Discovery, an end-to-end platform with leading chemistry and biology solutions serving a broad set of scientific domains. As a central, unified platform, the company stands apart in its ability to support data-driven research.
For further information on Dotmatics, please visit www.dotmatics.com.
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