Rainmaker Worldwide Appoints
Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri
to Board of Directors
PETERBOROUGH,
Ontario -- May 10,
2018 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire
-- Rainmaker Worldwide
(OTC:RAKR)
announces the appointment of Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri to the company's Board of
Directors, effective immediately.
Dr.
Shoukri
is a
world-renowned researcher specializing in thermal-fluid science and
has published over 120 scholarly articles in the field. He began
his career in academia at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario,
serving in many executive administrative positions including the
Dean of Engineering. Under his guidance, the faculty enjoyed
significant growth leading McMaster to become one of the foremost
engineering schools in Canada.
Dr.
Shoukri
recently completed
his decade-long tenure as the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor
of York University. As an academic leader, he guided York's
transformation into a comprehensive research-intensive university
as well as spearheading hundreds of millions of dollars of capital
development projects.
Dr.
Shoukri
is a champion of
innovation having led the development of the McMaster Innovation
Park and was a member of the founding Board of the Ontario Centers
of Excellence (OCE Inc.), an organization that focuses on
university-industry research and the use of university research to
support commercialization and economic development. He served on
numerous boards and was a member of the Ontario Research and
Innovation Council that advised the Ontario Government on research
and economic development.
In 2013, for
his contributions to the flourishing of Ontario's academic
institutions as both an engineer and an administrator, Dr.
Shoukri
was named a Member
of the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, and awarded the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal.
Michael
O'Connor, President of Rainmaker Worldwide, said, "I am extremely
honored to have Dr. Shoukri join the Rainmaker Board. His
distinguished career in applied research and his ability to
facilitate public/private partnerships will be invaluable to
Rainmaker's future technological and business development.
Adding Mamdouh to our Board is an important
step in our ongoing process of enhancing corporate governance and
developing our long-term research and development plan."
Dr.
Shoukri
said, "I am very
pleased to be joining the Board of Rainmaker Worldwide and look
forward to working with the team to further the development of
Rainmaker's innovative and proprietary technology. For many
communities around the world, there is no greater priority than
having access to safe drinking water. For me, Rainmaker represents
an excellent opportunity to build on my lifelong global
relationships in engineering and academia in support of making a
real difference for society and shareholders alike."
In addition to
his regular duties on the Board, Dr. Shoukri will serve as a member of the
Compensation Committee.
About Rainmaker Worldwide Inc.
Rainmaker
Worldwide Inc. (OTC:RAKR)
is headquartered in Peterborough, Canada, with an innovation and
manufacturing center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Our patented water
technology provides economical drinking water at scale wherever
it's needed.
Our key global
markets are:
- The
humanitarian sector where we are helping to bring safe drinking
water to over 800 million people who are living without access to
clean water
- The commercial
sector with a focus on oil and gas, agri-food and mining that needs a
cost-effective, environmentally-friendly solution for cleaning
their wastewater
Rainmaker
builds two types of scalable, energy-efficient, fresh
water-producing technologies:
- Air-to-Water,
which harvests fresh water from the air
- Water-to-Water, which
transforms seawater or polluted water into drinking
water
The technology
is both wind and solar powered, is deployable anywhere, and leaves
no carbon traces. We also offer options for hybrid, grid and
diesel-powered models.
Our goal is to
become a global leader in solving the worldwide water crisis.
Simply put, we're creating safe, drinking water where little or
none exists. And, we offer innovative solutions to economically
produce pure water from commercial waste water streams and creating
significant environmental benefits in the process.
Interested
parties can access additional information about Rainmaker on the
Company's website located at http://www.rainmakerww.com.
For more information
please contact:
Rainmaker
Worldwide Inc.
Michael
O'Connor
info@rainmakerww.com
+1-877-334-3820
www.rainmakerww.com
Forward Looking Statements
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projections about the growth of Rainmaker's business, potential
distribution partnerships and/or clients, and related business
strategy. Such statements, estimates, and projections may
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