Chromatin Promotes Daphne Preuss to President; Adds New Members to Board of Directors.CHICAGO -- Chromatin chromatin: see chromosome. , Inc. announced today that Dr. Daphne Preuss has been promoted to President. In this role, she will assume responsibility for leading and managing the company and will report to Chromatin's Board of Directors. Dr. Preuss will continue in her role as Chromatin's Chief Scientific Officer. She is a founder of the company and previously served as Senior Vice President. Roger Ganser, who has been the company's acting Chief Executive Officer since 2005, has retired from that role; Mr. Ganser will continue as Chairman of Chromatin's Board of Directors. "Since Chromatin's founding, Dr. Preuss has played an active role in the development of its patented gene stacking Eugene Stack (1920 - 1942) was a pitcher in minor league baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox organization. He became the first player from a major league roster to be drafted during World War II and also the first to die in service. technology," Ganser said. "Her recent success in negotiating partnerships between Chromatin and multinational companies in the agbiotech industry, coupled with her strong management capabilities, make her an ideal choice for leading the company." Chromatin also announced the appointments of Dr. Caroline Kovac and Dr. John Hamer John Hamer (born September 12, 1984 in London, England) is a British figure skater. He is the 2005-2007 British national champion. Competitive highlights Event 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 World Championships 29th 30th to its Board of Directors; both currently serve as Managing Directors at Burrill & Co. Dr. Kovac previously held several executive management positions, including Vice President at IBM Research IBM Research, a division of IBM, is a research and advanced development organization and currently consists of eight locations throughout the world and hundreds of projects. , where she expanded IBM's life sciences into a multi-billion dollar business, led an information technology team, established partnerships and oversaw IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) investment within the healthcare, pharmaceutical and life sciences markets. Dr. Hamer previously held several senior management positions in Paradigm Genetics Inc. including Vice President of Research, CSO (Chief Security Officer) The person in charge of all staff members who are responsible for promulgating, enforcing and administering security policies for all systems within an enterprise or division. 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. ; more recently he founded and served as CEO of Arete a·rête n. A sharp, narrow mountain ridge or spur. [French, from Old French areste, fishbone, spine, from Late Latin arista, awn, fishbone, from Latin, awn. Therapeutics Inc. "Chromatin has reached an important transition in its development," Preuss said. "As the agricultural biotechnology industry has recognized a growing need for stacking technology, Chromatin has shown that its proprietary technology can precisely and efficiently deliver gene stacks into crops. Chromatin looks forward to near-term revenue growth as a result of the increasing demand for its technology." About Chromatin: Chromatin, Inc. develops and markets novel proprietary technology that enables entire chromosomes to be designed and incorporated into plant cells. These mini-chromosomes can be used in any plant to simultaneously introduce multiple genes while maintaining precise control of gene expression. Chromatin's mini-chromosome technology can be used to deliver genes that benefit the agricultural, nutritional, energy, pharmaceutical, and chemical sectors. For additional information visit: www.chromatininc.com |
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