Accelrys, Inc., a leading global provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, announced that its Board of Directors has named Scipio “Max” Carnecchia to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, effective today. Mr. Carnecchia has also been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Carnecchia comes to Accelrys with more than two decades of high technology experience. Most recently he served as President of Interwoven, a global leader in content management solutions. At Interwoven, he ran the day to day operations of the business and led the company through 21 consecutive quarters of year over year revenue growth and operating margin expansion. Interwoven was acquired by Autonomy Corporation plc earlier this year in a transaction valued at approximately $800 million.

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