The Company

Ziath operates in the field of instrumentation control and information management in both the academic and the pharmaceutical/biotech industry sectors with a focus on the application of laboratory automation.

Founded in 2005, Ziath develops innovative new products designed to simplify processes in life science organisations. In addition Ziath offers consulting and contracting work to clients.

The People

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Along with Tim Dilks (below), Neil is co-founder and CEO of Ziath. Neil has experience starting in 1994 across the pharmaceutical/biotech industry in a range of companies; GlaxoSmithKline; Cambridge Antibody Technology, Cenix Bioscience GmbH and the Max Planck Insitute of Cell Biology and Genomics. Within these companies Neil has been responsible for the development, maintenance and implementation of laboratory automation and associated software with a focus on process control and information management.

As a budget planner, strategist and mentor across companies differing in both size and attitude, Neil has extensive experience throughout the varied aspects of the industry.

Neil has served on the board of the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG) in both Germany and the UK. Currently, Neil is an Innovation Judge at the Lab Automation 2011 conference and serves on the board of The Journal for Laboratory Automation. In addition, Neil has been the informatics chair for Lab Automation 2009, edited the Journal for the Association for Laboratory Automation producing a special issue focusing on computer programming issues in laboratory automation. Neil holds a bachelors degree in biotechnology and a masters degree in computer science.

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 Tim has 11 years’ experience in the field of software development, including seven while working at Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT). He has a proven track record in producing reliable, useful and productivity-enhancing applications. Examples of such applications are as follows:

• Antibody sequence analysis software
• Automation Control System
• Integrated system for the analysis, storage and visualisation of biochemical and cell-based screening results

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Kay has been involved in the life science industry since 1995 within sales, customer service and marketing, having worked for various market leaders, including Thermo Electron and Helena Biosciences. She has successfully managed global sales territories for equipment and consumable product/business development. She has a keen eye for detail and enjoys working with customers. She graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc (Hons) in Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 1995.

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Victoria has been working in Automation since 1999, at the HMRC GeneService and then at Cambridge Antibody Technology, now part of MedImmune. She has worked with a large number of Automation companies (Genetix, Tecan, Thermo, Matrix, Agilent etc.) to implement the best equipment for the requirements of the lab scientists, in order to increase throughput and reduce manual errors in the drug discovery process. She has been at Ziath since 2010 where she is involved in logistics as well as general admin for the company. She has a BSc (Hons) in Botany from Edinburgh University, graduating in 1993.