H2Diesel Announces Appointment of Cary J. Claiborne as Chief Financial Officer
26 11월 2007 - 10:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
HOUSTON, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- H2Diesel Holdings, Inc.
(OTC:HTWO) (BULLETIN BOARD: HTWO) today announced the appointment
of Cary J. Claiborne as Chief Financial Officer, effective December
1, 2007. Since 2004, Mr. Claiborne has been the Chief Financial
Officer of Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. where he led the Company's
finance and information technology organizations and served as a
strategic business partner to the Chairman of the Board and CEO.
From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Claiborne was the Vice President of
Financial Planning and Analysis at Constellation Energy, a Fortune
200 diversified energy company. At Constellation, he oversaw a
budget consisting of $12 billion in revenue and over $500 million
in net income. Prior to joining Constellation, Mr. Claiborne was
the Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Home
Depot, Inc., where he oversaw a budget of $46 billion in revenue
and $3 billion in net income. Before joining Home Depot, Mr.
Claiborne was also the Vice President of Financial Planning and
Analysis at MCI Corporation, where he supervised the financial
planning and analysis activities for MCI's Core Communications
group. Mr. Claiborne, 47, began his career at General Electric in
1982, where he held numerous senior management positions, leading
to President and CEO of New Enterprise Wholesale Services in 1996.
In this role, he directed the business activities of an $80 million
telecommunications reseller. Prior to this position, he was Senior
Vice President and CFO of GE Capital Business Services and Director
of Operations Analysis for GE Capital. Mr. Claiborne earned an MBA
in Finance from Villanova University and a BA in business
administration from Rutgers University. "I am thrilled to be
welcoming Cary Claiborne to the H2Diesel team," stated David
Gillespie, President and Chief Executive Officer of H2Diesel.
"Cary's depth of experience in both large and small company
settings provides him with a unique perspective that will prove
invaluable to H2Diesel as we seek to commercialize our proprietary
renewable biofuel." "I am extremely excited to be joining the
H2Diesel management team," noted Mr. Claiborne. "I believe that the
company is at a major inflection point in its history, in an
industry that has significant growth potential. I look forward to
leveraging my experience and capabilities to help make H2Diesel a
leader in this rapidly emerging renewable energy field." About
H2Diesel Holdings, Inc. H2Diesel is a development stage company
that holds an exclusive license for North America, Central America
and the Caribbean to exploit proprietary technology to manufacture
an alternative biofuel from vegetable oils and animal fats that is
intended to be marketed as a new class of renewable fuel or fuel
additive for power generation, heavy equipment, marine use or as
heating fuel. We believe our biofuel could provide a cheaper,
renewable alternative energy source with significantly lower
emissions than traditional fuels and a cleaner and more efficient
alternative to heating oil. Our business model calls for
establishing biofuel production facilities directly and through
sublicensing of our technology to qualified licensees. This news
release contains forward-looking statements. These forward- looking
statements concern the Company's operations, prospects, plans,
economic performance and financial condition and are based largely
on the Company's beliefs and expectations. These statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause actual results to be materially different from any future
results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.
The risks and uncertainties related to our business include all the
risks attendant a development stage business in the volatile energy
industry, including, without limitation, the risks set forth under
the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on October 18, 2007. CONTACT: David
Gillespie, President & CEO H2Diesel Holdings, Inc. 713-973-5720
Rob Schatz Alisa D. Steinberg (Media) Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger
Associates, LLC 212-370-4500 DATASOURCE: H2Diesel Holdings, Inc.
CONTACT: David Gillespie, President & CEO of H2Diesel Holdings,
Inc., +1-713-973-5720; or Rob Schatz, or Media, Alisa D. Steinberg,
both of Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates, LLC, +1-212-370-4500,
for H2Diesel Holdings, Inc.
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