CNO-TSX VENTURE
CERRITOS, CA, Aug. 27, 2015 /CNW/ - California Nanotechnologies
Corp. ("Cal Nano") is pleased to announce the appointment of
Sébastien Goulet to the Board of Directors. "Sébastien Goulet
has been involved with Cal Nano over
the last six months and is currently a director of Omni-Lite
Industries, one of CNO's founding shareholders. As a result,
Sébastien has an excellent understanding of the needs and
requirements of the Company," stated David
F. Grant, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
"Sébastien has also had a long history with key companies in the
aerospace, defense and industrial marketplaces, some of which could
be future customers and partners of Cal
Nano."
With over 15 years as a senior executive leading global
corporate strategies and operations, Mr. Goulet has extensive
experience in the engineering and manufacturing environment.
By combining his P&L expertise and Lean / Six Sigma /
Operations / Supply Chain experience he has contributed to the
development of a new business approach that combines Sales and
Marketing advantages with operational excellence. His
understanding of key business metrics and processes has allowed Mr.
Goulet to implement and lead global operations and business
strategies.
At GE, Sébastien was Global Sourcing Manager and Quality
Director. At ITT, Sébastien was VP and Director of Global
Operations and as such lead their nine P&L and global
manufacturing centers to a new improved level of performance.
Previous work assignments also included Deutsch Connectors
(EVP Industrial Strategies), Nautilus (SVP Operations and GM
Commercial Division), PerkinElmer Optoelectronics (VP / GM
Specialty Lighting and VP Global Operations), and FlaktWoods (VP
Global Operations UK). In the past few year, Sébastien has worked,
as a consultant with Airspeed Equity of San Diego, in implementing operational, sales
and marketing and financial business improvements for several
companies.
Sébastien holds a Masters Degree in Engineering Management, a
Masters in Manufacturing Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace
Engineering, all from Syracuse University. He is fluent in
English, French and has intermediate Spanish language skills
Pursuant to its stock option plan and in accordance with the
policies and approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Board of
Directors has approved a grant of 100,000 stock options to Mr.
Goulet. These options vest equally over a period of 3 years
and are exercisable on or before August 26,
2020 at an exercise price of $0.075 per common share.
Except for historical information contained herein this
document contains forward-looking statements. These statements
contain known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause
the Company's actual results or outcomes to be materially different
from those anticipated and discussed herein.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
SOURCE California Nanotechnologies Corp.