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Our Team

Leadership Team

Scott Swarthout

Scott Swarthout

Chief Executive Officer

Scott is a product manager and engineer with experience in machine learning and cloud computing. Scott was a product manager at Google Cloud and earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Zach Glick, PhD

Zach Glick, PhD

Chief Technology Officer

Zach is a theoretical chemist and computer scientist with a focus on quantum chemistry software. During his PhD at Georgia Tech, Zach developed algorithms to compute interactions between molecules at a reduced cost.

Derek Metcalf, PhD

Derek Metcalf, PhD

Chief Science Officer

Derek is a theoretical chemist with a focus on pharmaceutical drug discovery and development. Derek holds a PhD in Chemistry from Georgia Tech, where he developed AI models to understand and predict drug-protein interactions.

Advisors

Dr. Daniel Cheney

Dr. Daniel Cheney

Advisor

Dr. Daniel Cheney, former Scientific Director at Bristol Myers Squibb, has over 30 years of drug discovery experience. Dr. Cheney is a forerunner in bringing quantum chemical insights to pharmaceutical workflows.

Dr. C. David Sherrill

Dr. C. David Sherrill

Advisor

Dr. C. David Sherrill, Regents' Professor at Georgia Tech, is a world expert in simulations of the interactions that dictate drug binding and the stability of crystals.

Dr. Scott Childs

Dr. Scott Childs

Advisor

Dr. Scott Childs is the founder and CSO of Renovo Research and is a pioneer in the field of pharmaceutical cocrystallization. Dr. Childs has supported the pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years by developing new, patentable, and more physically favorable crystal forms of active pharmaceutical ingredients.