Summit Environmental Corporation Elects New Executive Officers and Additional Directors; Announces Correction of Earlier Reporte
February 28 2008 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The directors of
Summit Environmental Corporation (Pink Sheets: SEVT) elected John
Brooks and Dr. Mohsen Amiran as directors to fill recent director
vacancies, announced Thomas Kenan, counsel to and a director of
Summit. In addition, Mr. Brooks was appointed President of the
company and Dr. Amiran was appointed Executive Vice President of
the company. Further, Brooks and Amiran were appointed as the
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and, between meetings
of the board, possess the full powers of the Board of Directors.
Finally, the directors announced that earlier reported problems
with Summit's fire suppressant products are being corrected. Both
Mr. Brooks and Dr. Amiran earlier were directors of the company but
had resigned their offices. Dr. Amiran is the inventor of the
company's fire suppressant products, and Brooks is one of this
country's experts in fire suppressant technology. Kenan said, "The
directors welcome back these two individuals who have always been
the backbone of the company in technology matters and are most
capable of leading the company to financial success in marketing
its fire suppressant products." Mr. Brooks, 59, of Oak Harbor, WA
is a retired Naval Officer with twenty-five years of active naval
service. After his naval service, in 1993 he joined Mach II
Aviation, an FAA repair station, directing the development of
global positioning system (GPS) applications. He managed the first
installation and approval of supplementary GPS receivers for
oceanic navigation. In 1995, he joined International Aero Inc.
(IAI) as director of purchasing. Significantly, in 1997 he was
reassigned as director of research in its fire protection
laboratory. He began focusing on applications of condensed aerosols
which led to the 2005 adoption of the NFPA2010 standard. In 1998 he
formed FirePak Oil and Gas Industries LLC to exploit this emerging
new technology and to market Pyrogen condensed and disbursed
aerosols products and to provide consulting services in the
Americas. His recent research has concentrated in aerospace fire
protection and suppression systems testing. His research into
ignition sources in airliner fires has led to the development of
the new Arc Fault Circuit Protection for aerospace. He was
instrumental in identifying aging wiring and the location of hidden
or non-accessible fires and in developing new alternative
suppression systems for commercial aircraft. The detection and
location of wiring defects in aging aircraft has gained an industry
wide focus, with the goal of mitigation of electrical arcing as an
ignition source and of wiring failures for airliner electrical
system malfunctions. In 2004 the IAI fire protection laboratory was
purchased by Doll technology Group where Mr. Brooks served as
Director of research and president of RedBrooks Laboratories. There
he helped develop the "Fire Caddy" product Line. In 2006 he left
Doll and formed StillBrooks Laboratory, where he serves as
President, and StillBrooks AG., where he is Director of Research
working on applications of Anionic Polyacrylamide for firefighting
and for water retention in domestic agriculture. He was a director
of our company from 1999 until his resignation in 2002. Dr. Amiran,
57, of Oak Creek, WI received his undergraduate degree in Organic
Chemistry from Areya Mehr University in Tehran, Iran and his Ph.D.
from the University of Essex in England. Early in his career, at
the Shah of Iran's request, he organized a new technical university
in Tehran to do research and development for both military and
civilian causes. The operation grew into perhaps the largest
research facility in the Middle East. His work on solvents for
cleaning oil spills and other environmentally safe cleaning
solvents was so highly regarded that the Shah of Iran presented him
with three awards, including a gold medal, the country's highest
honor. When the Islamic revolution took place, the new regime
destroyed Dr. Amiran's laboratory and burned his equipment and
research records. Eventually, Ayatollah Khomeini, the new leader,
stepped in and asked Dr. Amiran to become an advisor and help
industry and the military to get back on their feet. After a short
time, Dr. Amiran escaped with his wife and son to London and then
to the United States. He became a professor at Northwestern
University. Later he founded BioGenesis Enterprises, Inc. of
Springfield, Virginia, where he again began working on
environment-saving fire suppressants and cleaning agents. He has
been employed the last ten years as the CEO of BioGenesis
Enterprises. He was a director of our company from 1999 until his
resignation in June 2007. Both Mr. Brooks and Dr. Amiran will serve
as officers and directors until the next annual meeting of
shareholders of the registrant. Neither has any family relationship
with any director or executive officer of the registrant.
DATASOURCE: Summit Environmental Corporation CONTACT: Tom Kenan,
counsel to and a director of Summit Environmental Corporation,
+1-405-235-2575,
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