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September 15, 2010

Applied Nanotech Adds Two New Executives to Drive Commercialization

Research and commercialization Organization, Applied Nanotech Holdings has named Samuel Kim as its vice president of Business Development and Shahar Bar-Cohav as director of Business Development. The announcement is part of its near- and long-term commercialization strategy.

On September 8th, 2010, the company had announced that that it has been selected for a SBIR Phase II award to develop carbon foils for the next generation ion beam accelerators. The amount of the award is said to be approximately $750,000.

Kim, who has been with APNT since February 2009, has both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and a Dual PhD in Electrical Engineering and Nanotechnology from the University of Washington. Kim has over 9 years of experience in high technology venture formation with several startups in the biotechnology, medical devices, semiconductors, and automotive industries.

"Our unique approach to nanotechnology and the excellent R&D results that we have achieved thus far have brought us to the point of needing focused commercialization efforts for our technologies. Enhancing our team with Sam and Shahar underlines our continued growth and steadfast performance in driving commercialization of our technologies, "Zvi Yaniv, president and chief executive officer at APNT’s subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. said.

Mentioning about Shahar Bar-Cohav, the company said that Cohav has a Master of Business Administration degree and a law degree. Prior to joining APNT, Bar-Cohav practiced law for four years as a commercial attorney, specializing in licensing, joint-venture, investment transactions, and due diligence investigations.

"We are thrilled to have two such highly qualified professionals leading our business development effort," Doug Baker, chief executive officer at APNT said.

"We are increasing our focus on business development and commercializing our technologies. Sam and Shahar's skills and experience will be very valuable to us in this effort."


Jai C.S. is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Jai's articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Ed Silverstein
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