The American Chemical Society has appointed Manuel (Manny) Guzman to be the next president of CAS, the world's authority for chemical information. Guzman will begin his appointment on September 30. He succeeds Robert J. Massie, who has led CAS for more than 21 years and who is retiring at the end of March 2014.
Prior to his appointment as CAS President, Guzman was Executive Vice President of Learning and Research Solutions and International at Cengage Learning, a provider of innovative teaching, learning, and research solutions for academic, professional, and library markets worldwide. In this position, from 2010-2013, he managed a $2 billion product development operation, including strategy, editorial (product conception/acquisition), business development, and product and platform technology. He also managed international operations generating $300 million in annual revenues.
A division of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Abstracts Service claims to be the only organisation in the world whose objective is to find, collect and organise all publicly disclosed chemical substance information. A team of scientists worldwide curates and controls the quality of the databases, which are recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative by organizations around the world. By combining these databases with advanced search and analysis technologies (SciFinder and STN), CAS delivers the most current, complete, secure and interlinked digital information environment for scientific discovery.
