BiosGroup

BiosGroup, founded in 1997 by Stuart Kauffman and Ernst & Young (now Cap Gemini Ernst and Young), was a spin off from the Santa Fe Institute. The company aimed to commercialize complexity science software in applications that helped companies manage projects and supply chains. Its clients included Southwest Airlines, P&G, Ford, Boeing, SAP AG and Texas Instruments; as well as government agencies like the Office of Naval Research and the Internal Revenue Service. In 2000, it received investments of $5 million from Procter & Gamble and $8 million from Ford Motor Company.

At its peak, BiosGroup employed 150 people in offices in Santa Fe, Boston, London, Bulgaria, and Washington, DC. BiosGroup spun off several prospering companies including: Pipeline Trading (previously eXchange + - Advantage); Qforma (previously Commodicast); Icosystem; Genpathway (previously CIStem); and EuroBios SA.

BiosGroup's consulting operations were acquired by NuTech Solutions in 2003.

ee also

:Info Mesa: Santa Fe Complex:Prediction Company:Center for Adaptive Systems Applications (CASA):David Weininger

References

[http://www.discover.com/issues/feb-02/features/featsurprise/ Dana MacKinzie, "The Science of Surprise," Discover Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 2, 59-63 (February 2002)]

External links

* [http://www.eurobios.com/html/gb/eurobios.asp EuroBios SA]
* [http://www.genpathway.com/index.html Genpathway]
* [http://www.icosystem.com/index.html Icosystem]
* [http://www.nutechsolutions.com/ NuTech Solutions]
* [http://www.pipelinetrading.com/default.aspx Pipeline Trading]
* [http://www.qforma.com Qforma]