MetaPower International, Inc. Announces New Chairman of the Board and New President and CEO
February 18 2014 - 8:01AM
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MetaPower International, Inc. Announces New Chairman of the Board
and New President and CEO
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Feb 18, 2014) - MetaPower
International, Inc. (OTC Pink: MTPR) (the "Company") is pleased to
announce that Rande Bruhn has been elected President and CEO. The
Board of Directors also elected Mr. Bruhn President and CEO of its
wholly owned operating subsidiary, MetaPower, Inc. and the
MetaPower, Inc. wholly owned subsidiary, MetaPower Canada Ltd. Mr.
Bruhn also been elected to the Board of Directors of all three
Companies.
Mr. Bruhn is a seasoned entrepreneurial business executive and
owner with over 30 years of general operational and financial
management experience in businesses of varying size, complexity and
nature. Mr. Bruhn also is a licensed Certified Public Accountant
(Oregon), holds a Masters degree in Business Administration with
academic honors from the University of Portland, and earned a
Bachelors degree in Finance with a secondary concentration in
Economics from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. He also
holds certificates as a Chartered Global Management Accountant and
a Certified Management Accountant.
Following early career assignments in heavy truck manufacturing,
resource development, and public accounting with Arthur Andersen,
LLP serving a wide variety of clients -- large and small across
numerous industries -- with audit, tax and consulting services, Mr.
Bruhn has spent the last 25 years of his career primarily focused
on business growth, value creation, work-outs and management in the
technology, professional services and manufacturing arenas with
diverse middle-market companies in both commercial and military
venues, including domestic and international operations, in
aerospace, software development, engineering services, integrated
circuit design and hi-tech equipment manufacturing fields. He has
served as management for and invested in both early and later stage
enterprises, as well as for both small and multi-location
companies, with annual revenues in excess of $100 million. Mr.
Bruhn has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions
transactions, both as senior management and as a principal. He also
has managed US-based international finance and accounting
operations for both US-based headquarters companies as well as US
divisions of foreign companies. Mr. Bruhn, in addition to his deep
operational and financial experience, has also successfully
negotiated domestic seed-round funding as well as development and
operational funding from various sources including the Chinese
government.
Following the sale of one of his companies several years ago to
a multi-billion dollar conglomerate in Washington D.C., and taking
some mid-career time off for family, travels, and to pursue a
number of personal and philanthropic ventures, Mr. Bruhn most
recently has focused his efforts as President, CEO and co-owner of
an early-stage video game and mobile application software
development company, a company viewed in the industry as a
creative, technical and thought leader. He will transition out of
day-to-day operations for that venture so that he can use his
experience and expertise to lead the Company into a period of
expansion and growth across North America. Mr. Bruhn believes that
"the Company possesses extraordinary talent and is well-positioned
to capitalize on its many years of providing high quality
professional solutions to its varied customer base."
Mr. Bruhn is replacing Edwin G. Gibson, Jr. as President of the
Company. Mr. Gibson has relinquished his title of President in
order to be elected to be Chairman of the Board of Directors for
all three MetaPower companies. In this capacity he will lead all
three Boards and supervise the management of all three companies on
behalf of the stockholders of the Company. At the same time Mr.
Gibson has also been elected to be the Executive Vice President of
Business Development for all three MetaPower companies. This change
will free Mr. Gibson to focus the great majority of his time on
finding new clients for the Company, the further development and
marketing of the Company's Noble Production initiative, and on
other ways for the Company to monetize its very significant
powerful intellectual property. The Company is very grateful for
Mr. Gibson's service as its President, coming about as it did
because of the unexpected passing of the Company's founder, Kenneth
R. Allen, at the end of January, 2013. In his capacity as President
he has led the Company in staying focused during a difficult and
tumultuous time. The Company is grateful to have been the
beneficiary of his many years of experience and looks forward to
the unique contributions he will make to the Company in his two new
roles.
About MetaPower
International, Inc.:
MetaPower International, Inc. uses information technology and
change management services to help companies achieve sustainable
results. Through culturally aligned training, tools and techniques,
our experts align business processes with management's strategic
priorities. Client solutions include workforce culture assessment,
as well as best-practice modules compiled for such industry
applications as Process Safety Management. MetaPower was founded in
1996.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements."
Forward-looking statements are statements concerning plans,
objectives, goals, strategies, expectations, intentions,
projections, developments, future events, or performance,
underlying (expressed or implied) assumptions and other statements
that are other than historical facts. These forward-looking
statements are only predictions. No assurances can be given that
such predictions will prove correct. Actual events or results may
differ materially. Forward-looking statements should be read in
light of the cautionary statements and risks that include, but are
not limited to, the risks associated with a small company, our
comparatively limited financial resources, and other factors that
may adversely impact us. These or other risks could cause actual
results to differ materially from the future results indicated or
implied in such forward-looking statements. We undertake no
obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect events,
circumstances, or new information after the date of this press
release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated or other
subsequent events.
Contact: Steve Ivy 360-450-4209 www.metapower.com
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