Hejoined Piper Jaffray from Khosla Ventures, where as chief scientific officer, heled technical due diligence for many of the firm`s clean technology investments.He was on the board of directors and the scientific advisory boards of Gevo,LS9, Mascoma, Segetis, Lanzatech, Kior and Draths, and had senior managementroles in several of these companies. “Doug has been a critical proponent and leading expert in the deployment andcommercialization of biotechnology as a source of producing fuels and chemicalsas renewable sources, and this award captures his contributions in thisimportant field,” said Jim McMillan, manager of biorefining process R&D at theNational Renewable Energy Laboratory Cameron earned a Ph.D. in biochemical engineering from the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, where he did research on microbial fermentation for theproduction of fuels and chemicals. He graduated magna cum laude from DukeUniversity with a bachelor`s of science and engineering degree in biomedicalengineering The Raphael Katzen Award is named in the honor of Dr. Raphael Katzen, who is apioneer in commercializing technologies for converting renewable feedstocks intofuels and chemicals.
About Piper JaffrayPiper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is a leading, international middle marketinvestment bank and institutional securities firm, serving the needs of middlemarket corporations, private equity groups, public entities, nonprofit clientsand institutional investors. Founded in 1895, Piper Jaffray provides acomprehensive set of products and services, including equity and debt capitalmarkets products; public finance services; mergers and acquisitions advisoryservices; high-yield and structured products; institutional equity andfixed-income sales and trading; and equity and high-yield research. PiperJaffray headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with offices acrossthe U.S and in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai Piper Jaffray & Co is thefirm’s principal operating subsidiary. () Since 1895 Member SIPC and FINRA. © 2009 Piper Jaffray & Co., 800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800, Minneapolis, Minnesota55402-7020 Piper Jaffray CompaniesMedia Relations:Rob Litt, 612-303-8266 Copyright Business Wire 2009. MILAN, May 6 (Reuters) – Italcementi SpA (ITAI.MI), theworld’s No. 5 cement maker, said in a statement on Wednesday: * First-quarter net loss 12.7 million euros ($16.9 million),against profit of 38.7 million euros a year earlier * First-quarter recurring EBITDA 188.9 million euros, down27 percent * First-quarter revenues 1.201 billion euros, down 11.1percent * Sees the second quarter in line with the first one (Reporting by Danilo Masoni) ($1=.7510 Euro).
CINCINNATI, OH, May 06 (MARKET WIRE) — Mike Albert Vehicle Fleet Management, based in Cincinnati, announced astrategic alliance with Innovative Funding Services (IFS) to provideremarketing and financing for clients and employees of those clients whopurchase their company fleet vehicles.Mike Albert has been in the automotive industry for more than 75 years.Their expertise stems from having roots in the automotive retailing sectorsince the 1920s, which enabled them to become one of the nation’s leadingfleet lessors and fleet management service providers. They work to be thefleet management partner of choice, providing comprehensive, customizedfleet management services that allow businesses to optimize their fleetbudgets and their resources. With their goal of providing exceptionalcustomer service, advanced information technology, unbiased vehicleselection and financing alternatives, they increase customers’ operationalefficiency and provide a seamless process.Tim Lawson, Director of Remarketing at Mike Albert, said, “At Mike AlbertVehicle Fleet Management, we believe in providing our customers withcomplete solutions. By offering fleet drivers the chance to purchase theircompany-provided vehicle at a great price — along with financingalternatives and extended warranties — we believe we’ve done just that.IFS has a broad spectrum of lenders through which our customers can pursuefinancing or extended service contracts, and IFS is backed by strongmanagement with whom we have a solid relationship. We’re confident ourcustomers will receive the same excellent service when working with IFS asthey’ve come to expect from Mike Albert.”Tim Janssen, President of IFS, said, “The Mike Albert organization, withits focus on small to mid-size companies, really plays to our sweet spotand allows us to offer best in class services to their clients whenremarketing these fleet vehicles. Additionally, many buyers appreciate ourbroad funding resources which allow us to help individuals and familiesthat might have had some past credit issues.
As credit markets tighten,this becomes important to many consumers.”IFS offers one stop shopping for fleet customers and partners with topranking national lenders to give customers exceptional financing options.Additionally, IFS is able to offerExtended Service Protection and statetitle work, which really helps to create a seamless process for thecustomer. In addition to individual loans, IFS also offers commercialloans.About Mike Albert Vehicle Fleet Management:Cincinnati-based Mike Albert Vehicle Fleet Management is one of the topautomotive lessors in the country, and is currently the nation’s numberone privately held Closed End lessor. Mike Albert offers Closed and OpenEnd leasing services as well as Maintenance Management, License and TitleRenewal, Telematics, and customer-specific outsourcing programs. For moreinformation, please visit Innovative Funding Services (IFS):IFS partners with lessors, fleet management companies, and otherorganizations to provide efficient employee sales programs with fullcredit spectrum financing and one stop shopping from financing to quickperfection of title work. For more information call 512-336-8700 or visit Contact:Mark R. DubisPhone: 216-712-6712Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-.
O2 Taps OpenPeak for End-To-End Design, Engineering and Manufacturing of O2JogglerDevice Leverages OpenPeak’s Platform to Provide an All-In-One Organizer forBusy Families; with Shared Family Calendar, Media Players, News Feeds and MoreBOCA RATON, Fla., May 6 /PRNewswire/ — OpenPeak Inc., the leading provider oftouch-screen multimedia and VoIP telephony systems, announced today that ithas been chosen by UK mobile operator O2 to provide the exclusive design,engineering, and manufacturing of the O2 Joggler, a first-of-its-kind devicepoised to transform the way modern families organize their busy lives. The O2Joggler leverages OpenPeak’s proven touch screen IP multimedia platform toreplace the traditional “refrigerator door” system of family organizing with adynamic digital device. With the O2 Joggler, the family calendar, notes, photos and other details aredigitized and stored on a sleek 7″ touch screen device. Appointments,birthdays, deadlines and more can be organized at the touch of a finger; theO2 Joggler can even send handy text message reminders to O2 customers’mobiles, so they’ll never forget an appointment.”The O2 Joggler combines the best organization, information and entertainmentapplications into an elegant, easy-to-use multimedia device designed with thebusy family in mind,” said Dan Gittleman, CEO and founder of OpenPeak. “We arevery excited to partner with O2 to bring this innovative device and platformto the European market.”The O2 Joggler employs a high-resolution touch screen to deliver customizablecontent over an existing broadband Ethernet or wireless connection.