BioSafe appoints leading environmental business consultant to board.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 1996--BioSafe International (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BSFE BSFE Bureau of Surveillance and Field Epidemiology ) announced today that environmental business expert Richard Golob has been named to the company's board of directors. This brings the total number of board members to seven. In announcing Golob's election to the board, Philip Strauss, president and 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. of BioSafe, stated, "Richard provides our management team with an experienced environmental professional who can offer advice and assistance in many areas of our company. He will prove to be a major asset." Golob commented, "BioSafe is one of very few companies in the environmental industry where demand for its products and services is driven by compelling economics vs. governmental regulations. I'm convinced that BioSafe has a very bright future." Golob, 45, is president of World Information Systems, a leading environmental business consulting and publishing company based in Cambridge, Mass. Golob provides consulting services to environmental technology and service firms in the areas of finance, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , market research and business development. He has appeared as an expert witness at U.S. Senate and House committee hearings on environmental issues, and has undertaken consulting assignments for environmental technology and engineering companies, international organizations and government agencies worldwide. Golob is founder and chairman of the Environmental Business Conferences, semiannual summit meetings for environmental business leaders. He also publishes two newsletters that focus on the environmental field, Hazardous Materials Intelligence Report and Oil Pollution Bulletin. In addition, Golob is a member of the Environmental Advisory Board of Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Partnership VI, a $50-million venture capital fund that has invested in the environmental industry. He has also served as senior environmental advisor for Tucker Anthony Inc., a major investment banking firm in the Northeast. Golob is a member of the board of directors of the U.S. Environmental Export Council. He also serves as a member of the Environmental Technology Review Panel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Strategic Envirotechnology Partnership, and serves as the Environmental Business Advisor to the University of Massachusetts' Environmental Business and Technology Center. In addition, Golob is a member of the Harvard Environmental Health Council, which serves as an advisory group for the Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard School of Public Health is (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, . A graduate of Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in biochemical sciences, Golob has been quoted as a source of information about the environmental industry and specific environmental problems. Major features on Golob's activities and news articles based on his analyses have been published in such publications as the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , The Economist, Business Week and Scientific American. BioSafe International Inc. is an innovative solid waste management company and a leader in "landfill remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling ," a patented process that BioSafe has developed for recycling existing landfills. CONTACT: BioSafe International Inc. Bob Rivkin, 617/497-4500 or Liviakis Financial Communications Inc. Robert Prag, 916/448-6084 |
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