Millennium Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: MLNM - news - people), another genetic database firm, has made a series of acquisitions and strategic alliances.

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He grew up on the database marketing side of the business and was eventually promoted to senior strategic management positions in account planning.

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The strategic intent has been to triangulate between business strategy, algorithmic math, and database structures to develop software tools that can change decisions to measurably increase shareholder value.

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