Torvec Appoints Jacob H. Brooks as its Chief Operating
Officer
PITTSFORD, N.Y., Aug. 10 Torvec Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: TOVC) announced today that it has appointed Jacob H.
Brooks as its Chief Operating Officer. The appointment, announced by the Board
of Directors, is effective immediately. Mr. Brooks will be responsible for the
day-to-day operations within Torvec. His primary mission over the coming
months will be to establish a world class organization to support Torvec's
product commercialization strategy.
Mr. Brooks was President and founder of Brooks Consulting, a strategic
consulting firm. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer of the Technology
Services Group of Nextera Enterprises. Mr. Brooks has a wealth of experience
in marketing, manufacturing and product support, both domestically and
internationally. His experience includes working with Fortune 500 companies
in the area of operations management, with a focus on managed growth. He
worked for Colgate Palmolive as an engineering manager and special projects
manager for the CEO, introducing new manufacturing technologies and evaluating
the introduction and disposition of national product lines. He was a partner
at the management consulting firm of Booz, Allen and Hamilton, leading large
operations strategy assignments. He later joined KPMG's Manufacturing
Industries Practice, becoming the National Director as well as a Partner in
charge of the New York practice. He has worked with executives and senior
management teams in aerospace, automotive, heavy equipment, electronics,
healthcare, software, and the computer industry, developing operations and
market strategies employing Best Practices across these key industries. He
holds a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oklahoma
and was awarded an MBA from Harvard University.
"The Torvec team is extremely pleased that Jake has decided to join us as
COO," said Mike Martindale, Torvec's Chief Executive Officer. "His extensive
experience in business strategy, as well as his ability to manage and grow
organizations is a major asset as we move towards commercializing our
promising technologies."
"This is the second major senior executive we have been able to recruit
for our commercialization stage," said Keith Gleasman, President of Torvec.
"Jake's addition to the organization is tremendous. We are delighted that we
have been able to attract two such seasoned executives. We believe that they
will play an integral role in capitalizing on the opportunities that these
technologies create."
Mr. Brooks stated, "I am delighted to join the Torvec team and look
forward over the coming months to building out our organization and partners
to bring to market our leading edge technologies. These new technologies are
revolutionary for our target markets, and should bring economic, environmental
and safety benefits to the world."
Torvec recently announced that it had named Mike Martindale as its Chief
Executive Officer.