ST. LOUIS, April 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Appistry, Inc., the world's best company at solving complex, data intensive problems, today announced the addition of Joel Saltz, MD, PhD to the company's Scientific and Technology Advisory Board. Dr. Saltz, a computer and medical scientist with extensive experience in bioinformatics, specializes in the research, instruction and development of sophisticated computational science and data analysis technologies. He currently serves as the Director of the Center for Comprehensive Informatics and Professor and Chair of Biomedical Informatics at Emory University.
Dr. Saltz joins the rest of Appistry's Scientific & Technology Advisory in support of the company's development and commercialization of next generation technologies for advanced data management. His expertise and devotion to bioinformatics research will be leveraged throughout the lifecycle of Appistry's development of high performance analytics solutions for genomics research.
"Appistry is a true pioneer in the development of powerful and highly cost-effective data analysis technologies for data intensive applications such as next-generation genetic analyses. I continue to be tremendously impressed by their virtuosity in bringing products to market that blend sophisticated computer science with top-notch application expertise," said Dr. Joel Saltz. "I am truly delighted and honored to join the company's Scientific Technology & Advisory Board and I look forward to working closely with the Appistry team in the coming years."
Dr. Saltz holds appointments as Professor in the Departments of Pathology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory, as well as the position of Adjunct Professor of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He previously held numerous faculty positions at such prestigious institutions as Yale University, the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University and The Ohio State University.
"We are excited to add another prestigious life sciences innovator to our growing advisory board," said Kevin Haar, CEO of Appistry. "Dr. Saltz is a charismatic and influential individual who instantly provides Appistry with added expertise in the application of computational science and analytics to next generation technologies. As we continue to grow our advisory board, and our leadership position in genomic data analysis, Dr. Saltz will serve as an integral part of the Appistry team."
Appistry continues to add members from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the advisory board. For more information please contact Kara Kezios at kkezios@appistry.com.
About Appistry
Appistry is the world's best company at solving the world's most challenging, data intensive problems. For researchers in life sciences, Appistry's Omics pipeline service generates the most cost-effective and highest quality results for the analysis of next generation sequencing data. For a wide-range of industries, Appistry solutions enable our customers and partners to transform complex analytics pipelines into actionable intelligence. Appistry's platform supports data-intensive applications for some of the world's leading life sciences research institutions including Stanford University School of Medicine, The University of California-Davis, CHOP – Children's Hospital of Philadelpia, The Jackson Laboratory, The University of Missouri, The University of Iowa, Yale University Cancer Center and Emory Winship Cancer Institute. Appistry's extended customer list includes FedEx, State Street, Tygart, Next Century and Northrop Grumman. Founded in 2001 and privately held, Appistry is headquartered in St Louis. For more information, please visit www.appistry.com and follow us on Twitter (@appistry).
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