McLaren Performance Technologies Announces Appointment to Board of Directors.Business Editors LIVONIA, Mich.--(AutomotiveWire)--June 21, 2000 Livonia-based McLaren Performance Technologies has announced the appointment of Hayden H. Harris to their Board of Directors. Mr. Harris has been providing assistance to growth companies since 1977 when he founded Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. based Enterprise Management. His consulting company focused on providing management assistance to technology-based companies. In 1987, Enterprise Management, Inc. became the General Partner of Enterprise Development Fund. This has led to the formation of two additional venture capital funds Venture Capital Funds An investment fund that manages money from investors seeking private equity stakes in small and medium-size enterprises with strong growth potential. Notes: and the firm is now known as EDF (algorithm) EDF - earliest deadline first. Ventures. EDF Ventures funds make equity investments in early stage, pre-public, rapidly growing companies. Mr. Harris currently serves as Chairman of Auxein corporation, a specialty agricultural chemical company; as Chairman of DynamOx, Inc., a provider of proprietary environmental equipment and as a Director of Media Station, Inc, a broadband multimedia service provider and TherOx, Inc., a medical therapeutics company. As one of his many turn-around consulting jobs Mr. Harris became Chairman, 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 the majority shareholder of Software Services Corporation a provider of contract software services. In 1998 he led the sale of this company to AppNet Systems, Inc., a leading public e-commerce service provider An organization that provides any combination of consulting, software and computer systems for e-commerce Web sites. . Previously he served as an officer, director and shareholder of four high growth, technology-based companies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Harris conducted merger and acquisition activities for TRW, Inc. He has an MBA and a BS from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . In addition to Mr. Harris' distinguished business career he has been extremely active in a broad base of motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. sports. He began racing outboard hydroplanes as a teenager and advanced to limited inboards where he designed and built boats for himself and others. He also raced sprint cars and midgets on the West Coast. He most recently has been involved in aerobatic aircraft competition flying his modified homebuilt Pitts S1-200 airplane. Larry Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Chairman of the Board of Directors stated "We at McLaren are delighted with the broad base of experience, the technical expertise and the tremendous enthusiasm that Hayden brings to our Board. His knowledge of both the business and performance worlds make him a unique and valuable asset." Added President Wiley McCoy, "Hayden has already been a source of valuable input to our management team and we all look forward to working with him in the future." Mr. Harris' appointment becomes effective June 16th. |
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