Aug 27 2010
Abakan Inc., (OTCBB:ABKI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Sherman as a member of the board of directors and the appointment of Costas Takkas as chief financial officer and principal accounting officer.
Mr. Sherman has been in the nano engineered coatings field for 25 years and currently serves as chief executive officer for MesoCoat, Inc. (“MesoCoat”), an Ohio based advanced nanocomposite ceramic-metallic (cermet) coatings company, and Powdermet Inc. (“Powdermet”), a company which he founded in 1996 to develop nanocomposite materials and manufacturing technologies. Mr. Sherman has also served as the Chief Metallurgist and New Business Development Manager for Ultramet, Inc., a leading Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) company, in Pacoima, and has served on the United States Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Safety Panel review panel since 2006. Panel duties include interfacing with codes and standards, accident investigations, site reviews, H2 (hydrogen) project reviews, and H2 information and training, education, and best practices development.
Mr. Sherman received a M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Ceramic Engineering and a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. He has authored more than 95 papers and presentations on ceramics, metallurgy and composite powder coatings and was recognized with the 2000 R&D 100 award for his patented nano powder production. Mr. Sherman was also recognized as a 2009 Ernst and Young entrepreneur of the year finalist.
Mr. Takkas, a practicing Chartered Accountant, brings to Abakan over 25 years of financial experience and expertise. He has acted as a director and officer of numerous development-stage public companies involved with projects in the technology, mining, construction, gaming, drug development and medical equipment industries. Mr. Takkas currently serves as an officer and director of Sonnen Corporation, a development stage public company involved in research and development into alternative fuel cells and related technologies.
Mr. Takkas is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ACA) and graduated with a B.Sc. (Honors) in Physics and an Associate Royal College of Science (ARCS) from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, in 1978.
Source: http://www.abakaninc.com/