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Linguamatics Establishes US Operations

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Life sciences text mining firm Linguamatics said today that it has incorporated a US subsidiary in Delaware, but its base of operations will be in the Boston area.
 
The Cambridge, UK-based firm also said that it has appointed Susan LeBeau as director of North American sales as it aims to meet “increasing demand in North America” for its products, Roger Hale, COO and co-founder of Linguamatics said in a statement.
 
“Susan is our first representative on the ground in the US, working within our global business team,” a Linguamatics spokesperson told GenomeWeb Daily News via e-mail. “We plan to make further additions to our US-based sales operations in the coming months.”
 
LeBeau recently served as director of major accounts for CambridgeSoft and previously served as senior director of scientific services at Accelrys.
 

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