Athenix Appoints Vice President Business Development and Director of Finance.Business Editors RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2002 Athenix Corp., an industrial biotechnology company developing plants and microbes with enhanced genetics capable of creating renewable resources for the Agricultural Chemical, Seed, Feed, Chemical and Biomass industries, announced two key appointments: Dr. Greg Lewis - Vice President Business Development and Cindy Skocik - Director of Finance. Both report to Athenix President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Koziel. "We are pleased to welcome Cindy Skocik with her significant, broad financial background and Greg Lewis with his strong, international business development expertise in our industry," says Koziel. "Each adds substantial strength to the management team and they will be instrumental in taking our world class technology to the market." Dr. Lewis earned a Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the University of London For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Within the university federation they are known as Recognised Bodies . He was most recently Managing Director Business and Product Development at DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. Plant Technology Corporation. Previously he held senior management positions for Hopunion USA Inc. and was Hop Research Officer for Carlton and United Breweries Ltd in Melbourne, Australia. He began his career as a plant breeder at Wye College in Ashford, UK. Ms. Skocik was CFO See Chief Financial Officer. at Southern Assisted Living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. , Inc. Previously she was VP Finance at Coastal Physician Group, Inc. and served as Controller of a publicly-owned high technology company. She began her career at Price Waterhouse. Ms. Skocik is a CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Virginia University West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. . About Athenix: Athenix is a rapidly growing early-stage industrial biotechnology company developing novel genetic solutions for select input and output traits. These traits are used to develop plants and microbes with enhanced genetics capable of creating renewable resources for a variety of industry sectors. Athenix is focused on two major market opportunities: 1) the discovery of genes and proteins for novel input traits and their use to develop transgenic plants for the Agricultural Chemical and Seed industries; and 2) the discovery of genes and proteins for novel output traits and their use in the Feed, Chemical, and Biomass industries for improved biomass conversion. For more information about Athenix, visit www.athenixcorp.com . |
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