Canada Carbon Inc. : Canada Carbon Adds Dr. Roger Roberts, Former SVP & CTO at the Boeing Company and Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly Former Director of NASA and NREL to the Company's Advisory Board
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
October 30(th), 2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company")
(CCB:TSX-V) (BRUZF:OTC) (U7N1:FF) a company that is positioning itself as a
leader in providing very high purity graphite today announced the additions of
Dr. Roger Roberts, former Senior Vice President ("SVP") and Chief Technology
Officer ("CTO") at the Boeing Company and Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, the
former Director of National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") and
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ("NREL") to the company's Advisory
Board. In this capacity, Dr. Roger Roberts and Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly
will provide strategic counsel to the Company's leadership team with regard to
various initiatives in support of the company's global growth strategy.
Dr. Roger Roberts Ph.D.
Dr. Roberts is the former SVP and CTO at the Boeing Company and was instrumental
in growing the Space and Intelligence business to revenues of over US$5B per
year. As Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Satellite Systems, he was
responsible for the international satellite business and Spectrolab Scientific
Inc., including multi-junction solar products at proven efficiencies in excess
of 43%. He has developed an extensive global network of contacts within the
aerospace and defense industries across the UK, EU and Canada. Dr. Roberts is
recognized in the aerospace industries as a leading strategic thinker,
especially as applied to the creation of new businesses and companies.
Following his career at Boeing, he founded RF Roberts Consulting and is
currently the Chief Executive Officer. He served on a number of Boards
including Sun Microsystems Government, Applied Signal, Ball Aerospace, KOR
Electronics, and Sotera Defense. In 2010 Dr. Roberts co-founded Suntricity
Corporation, a solar company developing a low cost, fully printable solar module
product. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Suntricity Corporation.
Vice Admiral (ret) Richard H. Truly
Vice Admiral Truly began his 30-year career in the U.S. Navy. After
distinguished service as a naval aviator, he became one of the first military
astronauts and transferred to NASA. Among his accomplishments as an astronaut,
Vice Admiral Truly piloted the Space Shuttle Columbia and was commander of the
Space Shuttle Challenger for the first night launch and landing in the shuttle
program. In 1983, he became the first commander of the Naval Space Command, the
principal naval space operations element of the Department of Defense. Called
back to NASA as Associate Administrator for Space Flight, he led the accident
investigation and rebuilding of the space shuttle program following the
Challenger accident. From 1989 to 1992, he served as NASA's eighth Administrator
under President George H. W. Bush.
Following his career at NASA, he served as Vice President of the Georgia
Institute of Technology, Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute and
Director of the Department of Energy's NREL. He was awarded the Presidential
Citizen's Medal by President Ronald Reagan, is a member of the National Academy
of Engineering, and is the recipient of five honorary Doctorates of Science and
Engineering. Vice Admiral Truly currently serves on the Board of Directors of
Tetra Tech, Suntricity Corporation, and Edenspace Systems Corporation and is a
Trustee of Regis University and the Colorado School of Mines.
Executive Chairman and CEO Mr. R. Bruce Duncan stated, "We are very pleased to
appoint Dr. Roger Roberts and Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly to Canada Carbon's
Advisory Board. Their collective experience in aerospace, defense and clean
energy will assist us in further defining markets for our high purity graphite."
In connection with today's appointments of Dr. Roger Roberts and Vice Admiral
Richard H. Truly, each has been granted 250,000 stock options at an exercise
price of $0.22 per share expiring five years from issuance, subject to the terms
and conditions of the Company's fixed stock option plan.
CANADA CARBON INC.
"R. Bruce Duncan"
CEO and Director
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