Alan E. Smith, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Research; Chief Scientific Officer Alan Smith joined Genzyme in 1989. He has overall responsibility for the company’s science. Before Integrated Genetics was acquired by Genzyme in 1989, Dr. Smith was that company’s vice president and scientific director. Prior to joining Integrated Genetics, he was head of the Biochemistry Division of the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, in London. Dr. Smith has also served as a member of the scientific staff at London’s Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Dr. Smith has a Ph.D. from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England and a B.A. from Christ’s College, Cambridge, England.