Advanced Chemistry Development is pleased to announce the appointment of Jorge Manrique as Director of Enterprise Business Development. Jorge will be responsible for supporting expansion of our enterprise-level products within the marketplace focusing specifically on I-Lab Intranet Edition, Web Librarian, and ISIS-related modules.

Prior to joining ACD/Labs, Jorge spent the last five years working as Director of Major Accounts at CambridgeSoft. His role included presenting the company's portfolio of web-based products for chemical informatics. Prior to joining CambridgeSoft, Jorge worked at Beilstein Information as Director of Marketing, positioning and promoting the company's new electronic database products.

Val Kulkov, President of ACD/Labs, comments "Jorge Manrique's arrival further strengthens ACD/Labs' position as an industry leader in software solutions for chemical and pharmaceutical research. Jorge brings rare and valuable skills and extensive experience in the chemical software industry to ACD/Labs and I'm sure that ACD/Labs will provide a fertile ground for Jorge's professionalism." Ian Dugdale, Director of Sales, says "We're delighted to have Jorge join us at an exciting time in ACD/Labs' business growth. His skills and experience will boost ACD/Labs' presence in the enterprise arena, and will result in significant expansion of licensing of our enterprise-level solutions."

We are glad to have Jorge join the ACD/Labs team, as much as he is. Jorge comments: "ACD/Labs is widely acknowledged as the premier provider of tools for predictive and database management in spectroscopic and chemical applications. The portfolio of enterprise-caliber solutions signals the next stage in the evolution of this dynamic software company. A suite of enterprise-level solutions that will extend the reach of its scientist customers, and further establish ACD/Labs as the standard in the field. I am excited and pleased to join the ACD/Labs team and be part of that success story."