CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Tecton
Corporation (TTNC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that
Guy Zajonc has joined its Board of
Directors.
Company CEO, Micah J. Eldred
commented, "We are pleased to have Guy join our team. Guy's
contacts and experience in our industry will prove a valuable
resource for our management and operational teams to rely upon, and
on behalf of the shareholders, I wish to thank him for his
commitment to our Company."
A summary of Guy's subsea industry experience is contained in
the associated 8k filed today with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and highlights are presented below:
Guy M. Zajonc, JD,
Background
Mr. Zajonc is currently President and CEO of Five by Five
Media, Inc. (2008 to present). He served as Senior Manager
and General Counsel to Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (2003 to
2006). At Odyssey, he helped manage marine operations, helped
build the research depart, found and hired the researchers that
were directly responsible for the location of the Mercedes,
HMS Victory and the Gairsoppa. A graduate of
Gonzaga University Law School and a
member of the Washington State Bar
since 1978, (retired 2010) Mr. Zajonc has participated in a number
deep and shallow water projects since 1995, some of which are
listed below:
- Japanese Submarine I-52. The I-52 was sunk in the
Atlantic Ocean in 1944 with 64,000 troy ounces of gold
onboard. At 17,200 feet, the I-52 is the deepest shipwreck
ever discovered and visited by humans. Mr. Zajonc was project
manager and shareholder, and participated in the manned
investigation of the wreck site. The project used the Russian
Academy of Science's deep submersible program to film and
photograph the site in 1998 for National Geographic TV and
magazine.
- Titanic. Mr. Zajonc dove to the
Titanic in September 2000 as
part of a mission conducted by Deep Ocean Expedition where he
served as General Counsel and Project Manager.
- Amelia's Earhart's Final Flight. As a principal in
Howland Landing, LLC and
co-coordinator of the project, Mr. Zajonc helped organize the first
ever deep-water search for the lost airplane of Amelia Earhart off Howland Island in the Central Pacific. The
mission mapped over 600 square miles in water up to 18,000 feet
deep.
- Battleship Bismarck. For Deep Ocean
Expeditions, Mr. Zajonc helped organize the first manned dives on
the Battleship Bismarck in 2001 and was part of the
expedition.
- The Atlantic Target. In 2001, Mr. Zajonc was part
owner and a team member on the 16,000 foot discovery dive to the
unidentified ship known as the Atlantic Target. Over 1,500
gold and silver coins and 65 artifacts were recovered from the
deepest historic shipwreck ever excavated, a small merchant vessel
that sank south of Bermuda some
two hundred years ago.
- SS Republic. In August 2003 Mr. Zajonc joined Odyssey Marine
Exploration, Inc.'s senior management team as General Counsel and
was initially responsible for onshore support of Marine
Operations. In November of 2003 gold was discovered on the
wreck of the SS Republic in 1,600 feet of water. Over
51,000 gold and silver coins and 13,000 artifacts have been
recovered with an estimated value of $75
million USD.
- Washington Coast Dives. In 2006, Mr. Zajonc
undertook manned submersible dives and 3-D filming off the coast of
Washington State in partnership
with Lightspeed Design Group of Seattle, using Nuytco Research, Ltd.
subsmersibles that resulted in the 3-D, high definition documentary
film Dive! Manned Submersibles and the New Explorers.
In addition to his work with technical experts, Mr. Zajonc has
also worked with cinematographers from around the world during
expeditions, including Emmy Award winner Mark Stouffer with National Geographic and IMAX
film director and producer Stephen
Low. He also met and drafted the ship charter
agreements for James Cameron on his
trips to Titanic for the IMAX movie "Ghosts of the Abyss",
and the Bismarck for the high-definition television
production "Jim Cameron's
Expedition Bismarck" for Discovery Channel.
Guy can be contacted at Guyz@eexpl.com
Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements.
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are
made under the Safe Harbor Provision of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the anticipated. The information
contained in this release is as of January
6, 2014. Tecton Corporation assumes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the
result of new information or future events or developments.
Media Contact:
Abby Lord
727-502-0508
SOURCE Tecton Corporation
