Martin Sumner-Smith

I am looking for new opportunities, debating between a position in an existing company, creating a start-up, consulting or returning to academe

Reporting to the CEO and responsible for the coordinated application of Open Text solutions internally, and the development and dissemination of enterprise content management (ECM) best practices

• Developed a unified brand, Open Text Online, for all customer support activities online • Introduced and managed Open Text Online Communities, which became the principal source of customer leads (radiate strategy) • Executive sponsor for Open Text corporate website, GlobalStar customer rewards and reference program, NewsLink newsletter

Global responsibility for strategy to address the pharmaceutical and life sciences markets for software products from Open Text - document management, knowledge management, regulatory compliance, clinical trial support, submission publishing, collaboration

Originally started to provide bioinformatics services to biotechnology companies, Base4 was repositioned as the leading company providing project life-cycle solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D. Clients for Base4’s PharMatrix solutions included multinational pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies of all sizes. Staff grew to 38 by mid-2000, with offices in the US, Canada and Switzerland.

Starting as a Research Scientist in the Molecular Biology Department, I held a number of positions on the research side, ending as Director of Research, but also on the commercial side, involved in business development and licensing, public relations and technology assessment.