About Us
NextMove Software was founded in 2010 to develop next-generation chemoinformatics solutions to pharmaceutical industry problems. The company is located on the Cambridge Science Park in the United Kingdom.
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People
Roger A. Sayle, Ph.D., CEO and Founder
Roger Sayle gained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Before starting NextMove Software, Roger has worked at Glaxo-Wellcome (now GSK), Metaphorics LLC and OpenEye Scientific Software.
John W. Mayfield, Ph.D., Senior Software Engineer
John Mayfield (né May) joined NextMove Software in 2014 after completing his PhD at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) under the supervision of Dr Christoph Steinbeck. In his spare time he is a release manager of the Chemistry Development Kit and documents improvements to this library on his blog, efficient bits.
Ingvar Lagerstedt, Ph.D., Senior Software Engineer
Ingvar gained his Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry from Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. After a postdoctoral position at Yale University, Ingvar has worked and developed scientific software in a variety of roles at Oxford Molecular, Accelrys, ClearSpeed, EBI, and Eli Lilly.
Rachael Pirie, Ph.D., Senior Software Engineer
Rachael joined NextMove following a Ph.D in Chemoinformatics at Newcastle University, supervised by Dr Daniel Cole and Dr Stuart Hall. During her PhD she completed a placement at The Alan Turing Institute through their Enrichment Scheme.
Michael Blakey, Software Engineer
Michael gained his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Chemistry from the University of Southampton under Professor Jeremy Frey, joining NextMove in 2024. Outside of cheminformatics Michael is an active contributor for the PlayStation line of open-source emulators (pcsx2, rpcs3).
Careers
We are always on the lookout for bright and talented people who know their way around chemical data. See our Careers page for more info.
Contact
Address:
NextMove Software Limited
Innovation Centre
320 Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge CB4 0WG
United Kingdom
General Inquiries: info@nextmovesoftware.com
Support: support@nextmovesoftware.com
UK company number: 7588305
Registered in England and Wales
VAT number: GB 111 1684 57