Pierre Chenu has been a director of NTIC since 2003 and Chairman of the Board since July 2005. Mr. Chenu is currently retired. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Chenu served as Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Flat Glass Activities within the Asahi-Glaverbel Glass Group, a position he had served for five years. Prior to that, Mr. Chenu was a member of the Executive Committee of Glaverbel S.A., with various operating responsibilities in France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Germany, China and the United States. Before joining Glaverbel, Mr. Chenu worked for U.S. Steel in steel production in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and for Corning Inc. where he held various staff, line and executive positions in the United States, France and the United Kingdom. Mr. Chenu holds a Master's Degree in Engineering, with a specialty in metallurgy, from the University of Liege (Belgium) and a M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mr. Chenu is a citizen of Belgium.
Mr. G. Patrick Lynch, an employee of NTIC since 1995, has been President since July 2005 and Chief Executive Officer since January 2006 and was appointed a director of NTIC in February 2004. Mr. Lynch served as President of North American Operations of NTIC from May 2004 to July 2005. Prior to May 2004, Mr. Lynch held various positions with NTIC, including Vice President of Strategic Planning, Corporate Secretary and Project Manager. Mr. Lynch is also an officer and director of Inter Alia Holding Company, a financial and management consulting firm that is a significant stockholder of NTIC. Prior to joining NTIC, Mr. Lynch held positions in sales management for Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, and programming project management for BMW AG in Munich, Germany. Mr. Lynch received an M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan Business School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mark J. Stone has been a director of NTIC since 2001. Mr. Stone has been President of Petrus International, Inc., an international consulting firm, since 1992. Mr. Stone has advised a variety of Japanese and other multi-national corporations in areas including project finance and international investment strategy. Mr. Stone was a director of Aqua Design, Inc., an international water desalination company, from 1988 to 1996. Mr. Stone was Director, Marketing & Business Development of Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc. from 1986 to 1992. From 1980 to 1986, Mr. Stone was employed by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. where he founded and was Treasurer of Hydro Management Resources, a Mitsui subsidiary, which finances, owns, and operates water treatment projects. Mr. Stone holds an A.B. from Harvard University.
Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla
Dr. Sunggyu Lee, Ph.D. was elected a director of NTIC in January 2004. Dr. Lee is Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri. Previously, he held positions of Robert Iredell Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio for 1988-1996 and C.W. LaPierre Professor and Chairman of Chemical Engineering at University of Missouri-Columbia for 1997-2005. He has authored six books and over 400 archival publications and received 22 U.S. patents in a variety of chemical and polymer processes and products. He is currently serving as Editor of Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing, Taylor & Francis, New York, NY. Throughout his career, he has served as consultant and technical advisor to a number of national and international companies. He received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio in 1980.
Professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Michigan State University
Dr. Ramani Narayan, Ph.D. has been a director of NTIC since November 2004. He is Professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science at Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI where he has 105 refereed publications in leading journals to his credit, 18 patents, edited three books and one expert dossier in the area of bio-based polymeric materials. His research encompasses design & engineering of sustainable, biobased products, biodegradable plastics and polymers, reactive extrusion polymerization and processing, studies in polymer biodegradation and composting. He is on the Board of Directors of ASTM International and the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), North America. He serves on the Technical Advisory board of Tate & Lyle. He has won the Governors University Award for commercialization excellence; Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award, 2006, 2005 Withrow Distinguished Scholar award, Fulbright Distinguished Lectureship Chair in Science & Technology Management & Commercialization (University of Lisbon; Portugal); First recipient of the William N. Findley Award, The James Hammer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, and Research and Commercialization Award sponsored by ICI Americas, Inc. & the National Corn Growers Association.
Soo-Keong Koh has been a director of NTIC since 2008. Mr. Koh is the Managing Director of EcoSave Pte Ltd., a company whose business is focused on environmental biotech and energy conservation technologies, a position he has held since 16th April 2007. From January 1986 to April 2007, Mr. Koh served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Toll Asia Pte Ltd formerly SembCorp Logistics Ltd (SembLog), a Singapore public listed company, which was acquired by Toll in May 2006. Mr. Koh has over 20 years of experience in the logistics industry. Mr. Koh holds a Bachelor of Engineering, a Master of Business Administration and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law from the University of Singapore (now known as the National University of Singapore).
Richard Nigon has been a director of NTIC since January 2010. Mr. Nigon is currently the Senior Vice President of Cedar Point Capital, Inc., a private company that raises capital for early stage companies. From February 2001 until May 2007, Mr. Nigon was a Director of Equity Corporate Finance for Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnard ("MJSK"), a privately held investment firm. In December 2006, MJSK was acquired by Stifel Nicolaus and Mr. Nigon was a Managing Director of Private Placements at Stifel Nicolaus. From February 2000 to February 2001, Mr. Nigon served as the Chief Financial Officer of Dantis, Inc., a web hosting company. Prior to joining Dantis, Mr. Nigon was employed by Ernst & Young, LLP from 1970 to 2000, where he served as a partner from 1981 to 2000. While at Ernst & Young, Mr. Nigon served as the Director of Ernst & Young's Twin Cities Entrepreneurial Services Group and was the coordinating partner on several publicly-traded companies in the consumer retailing and manufacturing sectors. Mr. Nigon serves as a director of Virtual Radiologic Corporation. and Vascular Solutions, Inc.
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Chairman of the Board of NTIC
President and Chief Executive Officer of NTIC
President of Petrus International, Inc.
Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Professor of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Managing Director of EcoSave Pte Ltd
Vice President of Cedar Point Capital, Inc
