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RNS Number : 8808H
Tekcapital plc
23 May 2014
23 May 2014
Tekcapital plc
("Tekcapital" or "the Company")
Team Expansion and Opening of New Offices
-Tekcapital Welcomes New Additions to its Technology Transfer,
Client Services and Sales Organisation-
-Science Advisory Board Strengthened with Six New
Appointments-
-New offices opened in Miami and Singapore-
Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), an international provider of
technology and IP services, is pleased to announce the expansion of
its team and the opening of new offices in the United States and
Singapore.
In its IPO Admission Document, published on 31 March 2014,
Tekcapital stated that it intended to use part of the net proceeds
of the placing to accelerate the growth and expansion of its sales
and marketing team and for the recruitment of additional support
staff. To meet anticipated demand for its services, the Company has
hired the following individuals, covering the areas of technology
transfer, client services and business development.
James Deane, Ph.D., MBA, has joined the Company as Managing
Director of Technology Transfer (Physical Sciences and Low Carbon
Technologies). Dr. Deane will also serve on the Company's Science
Advisory Board. Dr. Deane was previously Associate Director
Engineering, Office of Technology Commercialization, Purdue
Research Foundation and Office of Technology Transfer, University
of Michigan, where he managed the energy and low carbon
portfolio.
Amy Shim, MBA, has been appointed as Director of Client Services
(California). Amy has played a key role in providing service and
support to large U.S. institutional investors and technology
companies. Prior to joining Tekcapital, she was responsible for
account management and institutional client relations at Western
Asset Management and worked within the corporate finance group at
Moody's Investors Service in New York. In addition, Amy has served
as a strategic adviser and consultant to several innovative
companies developing low carbon vehicles.
Jason Goldstein joins as Sr. V.P Business Development (New
York). Jason is an accomplished business development professional
with 15 years of investment banking experience. Previously at
Livingston Securities where he started the capital markets group,
Cabot Lodge securities in the capital markets group, Maxim Group
where he served as Sr. V.P. of Institutional Sales and Prudential
Securities where he served as V.P. Middle Markets.
Furthermore, demonstrating Tekcapital's long-term commitment to
developing a multi-national offering to support it customers, the
Company has opened a new office in Miami, Florida, for the
coordination of its US operations, and in Singapore, to support
client acquisition and marketing activities in the Far East.
The Company regrets to announce that Umesh Amin will be stepping
down from his role as Executive Vice President of Corporate
Development and Client Services for personal reasons. Umesh will
work with the Company to enable an orderly transition of his
responsibilities.
Tekcapital has also enhanced further its Science Advisory Board
with the addition of the following six experts to strengthen the
Company's offering in several industries:
Irina Serebrennikova, Ph.D.
Electrochemistry, New Materials and Batteries
Irina previously served as a Technology Engineer and
Electrochemist at Energizer Battery, where she was responsible for
developing and managed internal and external partnerships and led
cross-functional efforts, with key vendors, academic and industrial
experts, aimed to improve the quality and reliability of Energizer
products. Irina was also responsible for sourcing new energy
technology opportunities.
John Tao, Ph.D.
Combustion Technologies with particular expertise in gas
separations, coal conversion and biofuels
John has previously served as vice president of open innovation
at Weyerhaeuser, where he headed the Open Innovation Department,
responsible for the management of the corporate intellectual asset
management process, technology partnering, and early business
development. Prior to this, John was corporate director of
technology partnerships at Air Products and Chemicals Inc. where he
was responsible for worldwide external technology development,
intellectual asset management, licensing and technology transfer
with outside organizations, and government contracts.
Charles Brumlik, Ph.D., J.D.
Energy, Alternative Energy, Cleantech, New Materials and
Intellectual Property Assessment
Charles is the managing director at Nanobiz LLC and has a strong
track record in international technology commercialization of
Advanced Materials, Specialty Chemicals, and Industrial Processes.
Charles previously served at Honeywell International Inc. and Exxon
Mobil Corp.
Andris Abele
Low Carbon Technologies
Andris currently serves as the Senior Technology Strategist at
the Institute for Technology Advancement, University of California,
where he focuses on clean energy and environmental technologies.
Prior to joining UCLA in 2008, he served as the executive director
and chief technology officer for Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies
Worldwide and has over 25 years of clean technology experience
including alternative fuels, electric vehicle drivetrains, energy
storage, fuel cells, renewable energy resources, smart grid, and
supporting infrastructure.
Bob Benson, Ph.D.
Molecular Sciences and Nano-technology
Bob previously served as the director of business development,
office of technology development, at Harvard University. Prior to
this, Bob was supervisory technology transfer Specialist, office of
technology transfer at the National Institutes of Health. He has
also worked for the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a
patent examiner.
Jerald Alan Cole
Advanced energy technologies, fuel cells, combustion
engineering, air quality
Jerald was previously Manager for Research and Technology at GE
Energy and Environmental Research Corporation, Sr. VP and CTO of
Optisense LLC and CTO of Hydrogen Ventures LLC. Jerald has also
served as a research fellow at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory.
Commenting on the new appointments and new offices, Dr. Clifford
Gross, Executive Chairman of Tekcapital plc, said:
"We are pleased to welcome these very capable individuals to
Tekcapital and look forward to the unique contributions they will
undoubtedly make. We are in advanced discussions with a number of
potential clients and, with these new additions, have strengthened
further our senior team which places us in a strong position for
future growth.
"The opening of the new office in Miami demonstrates our
commitment to growth in the North American market. As previously
stated, our aim is to scale the business rapidly so as to provide
our service offering to a wide range of clients throughout the
world and the opening of our office in Singapore will help us to
gain traction in the Far East."
- ENDS-
For further information please contact:
Tekcapital Plc via FTI Consulting, LLP
Clifford Gross, Executive Chairman
Malcolm Groat, Finance Director
Northland Capital Partners Limited (NOMAD & Broker) +44 (0) 20 7382 1100
Louis Castro / Lauren Kettle (Corporate Finance)
John Howes / Alice Lane (Corporate Broking)
Optiva Securities Limited (Co-Broker) +44 (0) 20 3137 1904
Jeremy King / Vishal Balasingham
FTI Consulting, LLP +44 (0) 20 3727 1000
Chris Lane / Emma Appleton / Roger Newby
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About Tekcapital plc - The World's Largest University Network
for Open Innovation
Tekcapital helps clients profit from new, university-developed
intellectual properties. With our proprietary discovery search
engine, linked to 3,300+ universities in 160 countries, coupled
with expert scientific review, we provide a turn-key service to
make it easy for clients to find and acquire the IP they need to
create a competitive advantage. Tekcapital plc is listed on the AIM
market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is
headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information, please
visit www.tekcapital.com
This information is provided by RNS
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