SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Owen Appleton is a Senior IT Service Manager at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics since January 2022, with a broad background in IT service management and strategic communication. As a member of the FitSM committee at ITEMO e. V. since February 2014, Owen contributed as a main author to the FitSM IT Service Management standard, which has been widely adopted across various sectors. Prior roles include Service Portfolio Manager at EGI Foundation, Project and Process Manager at the University of Zurich, and Managing Director at Emergence Tech Limited, where Owen focused on consultancy for academia and industry. Owen’s early career included positions at CERN, where communication strategies were developed for multinational projects. Owen holds both an MSc in Science Communication and a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London.
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SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is an internationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to biological and biomedical data science. It is present in the main academic institutions of Switzerland and leads numerous national and international projects with a major impact on life science research and health. SIB’s scientists are passionate about creating knowledge and converting complex questions into solutions in many fields, from biodiversity and evolution to medicine. They provide essential databases and software platforms, data management, software engineering and biocuration services, as well as computational biology know-how and training. The Institute delivers this expertise to academic groups and clinicians as well as to private companies. SIB federates the Swiss bioinformatics community of some 800 scientists, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing. It also cooperates with national and international institutions on research infrastructure matters. The Institute contributes to keeping Switzerland at the forefront of innovation by fostering progress in biological research and enhancing health.