Chemical Computing Group
Alain Deschênes serves as Vice President at Chemical Computing Group, with a career spanning from April 2005 to the present, during which multiple roles were held, including Director of Scientific Services and Senior Account Manager. Responsibilities include acting as the principal sales contact for the Americas, developing strong intra-company relationships to establish clear sales objectives, managing significant account portfolios, and actively seeking new customers through various means including conferences and networking. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Applications Scientist and Applications Scientist, focusing on providing software solutions for drug discovery and delivering training and support to clients. Alain Deschênes holds a Master’s Degree in Information Technology from Simon Fraser University and dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Chemistry and Computer Science from the University of New Brunswick.
Chemical Computing Group
CCG (Chemical Computing Group) is a leading supplier of software solutions for life sciences. With a proven track record in scientific innovation, CCG continues to provide state of the art applications in drug discovery to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic researchers. CCG headquarters are in Montreal (Canada), with support offices in North America, Europe and Asia. CCG’s software programs include: 1) Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) - a single package for visualization, molecular modeling, computer-aided molecular design (CAMD), cheminformatics, bioinformatics and methodology development. 2) PSILO® - Protein SILO - a database system that provides an easily accessible, consolidated repository for macromolecular and protein-ligand structural information as well as a means to systematically track, register and search both experimental and computational macromolecular structural data. CCG has a strong academic presence with MOE and PSILO® being used extensively in teaching and research in over 600 universities world wide. CCG's special programs and discounts encourage the adoption of computational life science methodologies by the scientific community.