EUGM 2014 - Erin Bolstad (ChemAxon): An Introduction to Global Consulting Services

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ChemAxon’s consulting services has undergone substantial growth in the last several years. We now utilize talent from across the globe, servicing a wide range of project needs. From small short term solutions to mega-pharma project management, small-scale software integration/migration to customized product development. This introduction covers a few examples of such projects.

Global Consulting Services
Informatics Pick-n-Mix
Erin Bolstad

Consulting Team
Tim Dudgeon
Head of Global Consulting
Erin Bolstad
Head of US Consulting
Not the only faces….
Argentina
Dedicated consulting developers
USA
Consultants
AppScis
Czech Republic
Dedicated consulting developers
Hungary
Consultants
AppScis
Developers (100+)
Skills, Resources, Experience:
● Project Management
● Solutions/packaging
● Customizations/Integration of
existing/3rd party software
● Rich scientific background
● Software design and development
(Java, Groovy, JS, .NET, mobile, etc.)
● Toolkit development (ETL, DSL, API,
ORM, etc)

Project Examples: Small to Large
Short
Long
Training: End-user, Dev, Admin
Custom forms/scripts Form/workflow migration + training
Cartridge/DB migration
Mini-Reg

Mini-Reg
● Simple registration system handling chemistry (salts, structures,
batches, samples, properties) and biology (assays, aggregation at
db level) data
● IJC + customized forms and scripts
● All customizable/flexible
● (In about 10 companies now)

Patent Mining Workflow
● Toolbase for extracting structures and relevant chemical text from
project-specific patents and putting into a relational DB.
● Query interface across linguistic based calculated information and
chemical structures.
● Semi-automated Markush extraction
● Exploring chemical space and potential enumerated white space

DuPont Doc2DB Database
● System to trawl DuPont ELN + stored documents (PDF, Doc, etc)
● WebApp for complex queries
● Based on Doc2DB technology

Novartis Reactions Database
● Reactions data warehouse
○ Import from various legacy databases (ISIS)
○ Live feed from CambridgeSoft ELN
● Database migration: ISIS -> ChemAxon
● CambridgeSoft ELN chemistry -> ChemAxon
● AJAX-style web application providing query and filtering capabilities
● Web services interface for fitting into SOA

Large Scale PM for Global Pharma
● GSK: IJC rollout as a global reporting tool, assisted/trained,
customization of IJC, additional admin software creation. (3+ yrs)
● BMS: IJC customization/development for global roll-out needs,
training, migration of data, consulting on data-mart integration. Thin
client development. (2+ yrs)

BINGO!
● Product development
● Product customization
● Product Integration
● Workflow design/management
● Project management
● Creative solutions

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