Primary Job Title CTO & Co-founder Primary Organization Scientist.com
Location Coronado, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Christopher Petersen is the Founder and CTO at Scientist.com.
Recently named one of "San Diego's Top Tech Execs" by the San Diego Business Journal, Chris is a software developer who has worked extensively with drug discovery researchers to develop online solutions to complex scientific processes. He is co-founder and CIO of Assay
Depot and the main architect of the company’s innovative online research exchange platform. In his last position as head of software development at Kalypsys he led efforts to design and develop custom software tools that improve drug discovery efficiency. Prior to Kalypsys, he was director of engineering at Learning Framework where he oversaw development of their flagship product, the Socrates Learning Performance Management System. He has also managed software development teams in the streaming video and customer management industries. Chris received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he received the Provost's award for work in evolutionary programming and genetic algorithms.

