MIT Welcomes New Board Member
(firmenpresse) - SAN CLEMENTE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/09/12 -- Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: MMTC) (OTCQB: MMTC) announced that Gregg J. Newhuis has accepted his nomination to serve on its Board of Directors effective immediately.
"Gregg is an outstanding addition to MIT's Board," stated Jeffrey Nunez, Chairman and CEO. "His background in business and finance is a perfect fit as we expand our efforts to meet an aggressive revenue plan for the coming year. Further, Gregg's commitment to a significant investment in the Company speaks to his support for and confidence in the Company and its growth potential."
Mr. Newhuis brings over thirty years of equipment leasing, asset-based financing as well as commercial and retail banking experience to the Board. A 1981 graduate of Eastern Illinois University, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Finance and minor in Economics.
Mr. Newhuis started his finance career in 1981 with Walter E. Heller & Co., working in the Municipal Finance and the Commercial Industries divisions. In 1987, he accepted a position with Phoenixcor Financial, a New York-based finance company, to open and manage an office for them in Hinsdale, IL. In 1991, Mr. Newhuis accepted an offer from Toshiba Machine Co., America (a seller of plastic injection molding machines, machine tools, aluminum die cast machines and robotic equipment) to start and run an in-house private label finance company. He currently continues to operate in this capacity.
Mr. Newhuis' banking experience dates back to 2001 when he was part of a group of eleven individuals that originated Advantage National Bank and Trust Company, N.A., a de novo bank located in Elk Grove Village, Il. In 2003, they successfully sold the bank to Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: WTFC). Mr. Newhuis continues to serve on the surviving bank (Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company, N.A.) Board of Directors and more specifically on its Credit and Risk Committees.
MIT is a California-based public company (OTCBB "MMTC") that has developed and patented a rapid microbial identification system that can revolutionize the bacteria identification market by annually saving thousands of lives and tens of millions of dollars. The System identifies bacteria in minutes, not days, and at a significant per test cost savings when compared to any conventional method and is the recipient of the prestigious AOAC RI Certification for the identification of Listeria -- the bacteria responsible for , a rare but lethal food-borne infection that has a devastating of 25 percent.
The System has numerous applications including: food safety, clinical diagnostics, pharmaceutical quality assurance, semiconductor processing control and water quality monitoring. MIT has chosen to focus efforts on food quality control as recent events have created an urgent demand for quicker and cheaper testing for food safety.
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