Who are Schrödinger's decision-makers?
Schrödinger's leadership team is anchored by Ramy Farid. Enterprise purchases usually require sponsorship from the business owner plus finance, procurement, legal, security, compliance, and IT or data leaders.
- CEO
- Ramy Farid
- CFO/key exec
- Geoffrey Porges
- Founded
- 1990
- Employees
- 850+
- HQ
- New York, NY
- Notable
- Nasdaq: SDGR
- Ramy FaridPresident and Chief Executive OfficerCEO since 2017Leads computational platform and drug-discovery strategy.
- Geoffrey PorgesChief Financial OfficerCFOOwns finance, investor relations, and capital allocation.
- Karen AkinsanyaPresident of R&D, TherapeuticsR&D executiveLeads therapeutic discovery and development strategy.
- Jenny HermanChief Commercial OfficerCommercial leaderLeads software commercialization and customer expansion.
Who leads Schrödinger?
Ramy Farid serves as President and Chief Executive Officer; Geoffrey Porges serves as Chief Financial Officer; Karen Akinsanya serves as President of R&D, Therapeutics; Jenny Herman serves as Chief Commercial Officer. The team combines category, finance, commercial, clinical, technical, and operations ownership.
For account mapping, treat the named leaders as executive context rather than the only buying path. Most projects will start with a functional sponsor and move upward only after a clear business case exists.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Schrödinger?
Budget ownership depends on the project: commercial leaders own revenue tools, clinical and product leaders own workflow and evidence needs, technology leaders own platform and security fit, and finance or procurement controls approval thresholds.
Because Schrödinger operates in healthcare or life sciences, legal, privacy, compliance, quality, and information-security review can be as important as the economic buyer.
How is Schrödinger organized as it scales?
Schrödinger should be approached as a public-company operating organization with business units, functional teams, and governance layers. The company has 850+ employees and operates from New York, NY with additional offices or distributed teams.
Good account plans identify the operational metric at stake, the system of record involved, the compliance requirement, the implementation owner, and the executive sponsor before asking for a broad enterprise commitment.
As of June 2026.Sources:Schrödinger websiteSchrödinger investor relations
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