Artificial Muscle, Inc. Appoints Charlie Duncheon as Vice President of Marketing and Sales; Duncheon Joining Management Team of New Innovative Smart Materials Company.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif. -- Artificial Muscle, Inc., a new company that designs and manufactures actuator components based on electro-active polymer artificial muscle (EPAM EPAM Elementary Perceiver And Memorizer (learning system) EPAM Electron Proton Alpha Monitor EPAM Electronic Pilot Activity and Alertness Monitor (aviation) ) technology, is pleased to announce that Charlie Duncheon has joined the firm as the vice president of marketing and sales. Charlie brings over 20 years of high technology marketing and sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a experience to Artificial Muscle, Inc. His most recent experience was as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Adept Technology, Inc., a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in the factory automation components business. Mr. Duncheon has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. and an MBA MBAabbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University, main campus at Carbondale; state supported; coeducational; est. 1869, opened 1874 as a normal school, renamed 1947. It has a center for archaeological investigation and a fisheries research laboratory. There is also a campus at Edwardsville. . "Charlie brings us extensive experience in market development, channel development, customer service, and sales in the demanding industrial components industry," said Alex Beavers, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of Artificial Muscle, Inc. "His successful track record and industry reputation will be a valuable asset to us at AMI as we begin the commercialization and market entry of our unique and patented EPAM technology." Mr. Duncheon will report to CEO Alex Beavers and will be responsible for worldwide marketing and sales for AMI. About Artificial Muscle Incorporated Artificial Muscle, Inc. (AMI) is a high technology company that designs and manufactures actuator and sensing components based on the new technology platform called electro-active polymer artificial muscle (EPAM). EPAM technology is called artificial muscle because it behaves much like a human muscle, expands when exposed to an electric current and contracts when the electricity is removed, thereby converting static electrical field energy into programmable mechanical motion. It offers significant advantages over typical electromagnetic-based technologies because it is much lighter, smaller, quieter and cheaper, and offers more controllable and flexible configurations. EPAM devices serve as lightweight, highly efficient alternatives to actuators, small motors, generators, sensors, and speakers used in products ranging from automobiles to audio speakers. AMI is serving a market that currently measures $4 billion in size with artificial muscle-based components for industrial, medical, consumer, automotive, and aerospace applications. AMI was founded by SRI International, which is a Silicon Valley non-profit research and development institute that has a history of 50 years of developing advanced technologies, to exclusively commercialize artificial muscle technology. EPAM technology was developed at SRI over a 12 year period. AMI became an independent company in early 2004 with venture fund financing from Vanguard Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, and NGEN NGEN Next Generation NGEN Next Generation Enterprise Network (US Navy Intranet Development Program) Partners. For further information contact AMI at info@artificialmuscle.com. Artificial Muscle is a trademark owned by Artificial Muscle, Inc. EPAM is a trademark owned by Artificial Muscle, Inc. |
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