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Mr. Meterko was appointed President and Chief Technical Officer in April, 2007. Mr. Meterko has over 30 years of business development experience with Fortune 500 Companies such as OxyChem, Corning, and (the former) Pennwalt Corporation where he held positions at all these companies, of increasing responsibility in R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Business Development . Mr. Meterko obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees from SUNY/Buffalo, has attended the Executive Training Program of Harvard Business School Club of Buffalo, the AMA Management Course, and The Blanchard Situational Leadership Program, among others. He was previously named OxyChem�s Inventor of the Year, and holds 2 US patents for new electronic packaging materials. He also received a Corning citation for development and technology transfer of on-line testing equipment for optical fiber manufacturing. Mr. Meterko has spent the last 5 years as consultant to a Canadian forestry company focused on the gasification of biomass, and the conversion of syngas to biofuels. | 