OpenHelix Management:
Scott Lathe
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Mr. Lathe has over 15 years experience in managing and growing start-ups and young companies, with extensive experience in business planning, strategic marketing, marketing communications and recruiting and managing sales teams and worldwide distribution channels. Most recently, Mr. Lathe has consulted with numerous companies to create business plans or assist in turn-around efforts. Prior to consulting, Mr. Lathe was Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Appian Graphics. As one of two managing executives, Mr. Lathe oversaw the growth of Appian from a start-up to over $40 million in revenue in under 4 years. Appian was sold for a 10 fold return on investment. Prior to Appian, Mr. Lathe held high level marketing positions at other high technology, high-growth companies such as Precision Digital Images, Virtual Vision, and Captaris.
Mary E. Mangan, Ph.D.
President and Co-founder
Dr. Mangan has broad experience in the field of bioinformatics. Most recently, she successfully founded and operated Biological Software Testing Services, Inc. This company provided software testing from a biological scientist's perspective for the bioinformatics industry. Prior to that, Dr. Mangan was an Application Scientist and Scientific and Technical Liaison for Incyte Genomics and Proteome, Inc. Additional experience in bioinformatics tools and training was obtained with AstraZeneca. Dr. Mangan holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, and performed post-doctoral research with The Jackson Laboratory Mouse Genome Informatics group.
Warren (Trey) C. Lathe III, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Co-founder
Prior to joining OpenHelix, Dr. Lathe was a bioinformatics researcher for nearly 4 years at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in the Bork group. His research topics ranged from the evolution and regulation of bacterial genes to mapping Human SNPs to 3D protein structures. His publications can be found in top research journals such as Nature, Genetics and Trends in Genetics. Dr. Lathe has also had extensive lecturing experience at several colleges and universities including the University of Rochester, City College of San Francisco and University of Heidelberg. Dr. Lathe holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in Molecular and Evolutionary Biology and completed his undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University in Zoology and Art History.