Paul Herd

Lawson Software, Inc. provides business application software and consulting services to services organizations in the healthcare, retail, government and education, banking and insurance and other markets. Its software suites include enterprise performance management, distribution, financials, human capital management, procurement, retail operations and service process optimization. The company's software applications automate and integrate critical business processes, aiding in collaboration among its clients and their partners, suppliers and employees. Its software is comprised of core business applications such as enterprise performance management applications and software extension tools. Lawson Software provides products and services to a variety of mid to large size businesses. The company was founded by H. Richard Lawson, Bill Lawson and John Cerullo in 1975 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Liquent LLC develops and provides software and professional services to support the regulatory business processes of life sciences and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. It offers LIQUENT InSight, an integrated regulatory information management platform that provides clients with submission planning, publishing, viewing, and registration management capabilities to get their products in market and maintain them throughout their lifespan. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Silvon Software, Inc. develops and provides business intelligence applications for mid-market manufacturers and wholesalers. Its Stratum software suite includes applications for analyzing large volumes of data related to customer relationship management, inventory performance, marketing performance, manufacturing performance, profitability, sales performance and supplier relationship management. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Westmont, IL.

Established in 1997, Datafarm is a world leader in high performance electronic regulatory submission solutions to the Life Sciences industries. Datafarm's open, modular technologies and professional services experts enable Life Sciences companies to meet the strict standards of regulatory authorities across the world, helping them achieve quality, accuracy, and compliance to efficiently deliver regulatory reports and submissions. Datafarm has helped hundreds of sponsor companies compress the regulatory submissions approval process, improving speed to market, cost control and productivity in order to achieve their ultimate goal of ensuring patients' and physicians' timely access to new drugs. As a total solutions provider, Datafarm employs some of the industry's pioneers in document-based software development as well as world renowned life sciences regulatory specialists who proactively work with customers and business partners to drive new initiatives and maintain a market lead approach to development and services. Headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA, Datafarm has regional offices in California and Philadelphia in the US, UK, France, and India.