NEW YORK, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vu1 Corporation
(OTCBB: VUOC), a developer and manufacturer of mercury-free,
energy-efficient general illumination lighting technology, today
announced that Dr. Scott C.
Blackstone, PhD., has been named President and Chief
Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Blackstone will
work closely with Vu1's Chairman, William
B. Smith, to refine and execute Vu1's longer-term operating
model and commercialization strategy. At the same time, Vu1's
former President & CEO, Philip G.
Styles relocates to the Czech
Republic to oversee manufacturing operations and new product
development at the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Sendio s.r.o.
Mr. Styles remains a member of Vu1's Board of Directors.
Dr. Blackstone brings more than 30 years of electronic
manufacturing and lighting industry experience to Vu1, ranging from
research scientist to venture capitalist and founder and CEO of a
publicly traded company. In 1991 Dr. Blackstone co-founded BCO
Technologies (BCO), a supplier of integrated circuit wafers used
for fabricating micromechanical optical devices for optical
communications applications. He took the company public in 1997 and
led the sale of the company to Analog Devices in 2000 and remained
a senior executive through 2003.
Dr. Blackstone was also CEO and co-founder of Advanced
Luminescence, Inc., a lighting technology company focused on carbon
nanotube field emission technology and founder and Managing Partner
of Great Bay Ventures, a NH-based investment and advisory firm,
specializing in providing advisory and capital-raising support for
early and growth-stage technology-driven companies. Dr. Blackstone
is currently the executive Chairman of Apollo Systems Inc., a
developer and manufacturer of print inspection products. He has a
degree in electrical engineering from Cornell
University and a PhD from IMEC in Leuven, Belgium. He has published over 50 papers and
holds over 10 patents.
"I am pleased to welcome Scott to Vu1. Scott's proven technology
company leadership, industry knowledge and commercialization
experience will be invaluable as we build out our infrastructure
and team to support monetization of Vu1's unique lighting
technology and development of longer-term strategic growth plans,"
commented Vu1's Chairman William B.
Smith.
"I have been following Vu1's progress and its unique,
energy-efficient, mercury-free ESL technology for some time now,"
commented Scott C. Blackstone, Vu1's
President and CEO. "The market for energy efficient lighting
alternatives is approaching a critical inflection point and Vu1 is
well placed to capture the sizeable growth opportunity ahead. I am
delighted to be a member of the Vu1 team at this exciting time and
look forward to leading the Company."
About Vu1 Corporation
New York City-based Vu1
Corporation is dedicated to applying its technology to produce
energy efficient, environmentally friendly lighting solutions
worldwide. Vu1 has developed a new energy efficient light bulb to
provide the consumer market with the first affordable, non-toxic
light bulb with features consumers are demanding and not receiving
from existing products. Learn more about Vu1 at www.Vu1.com. For
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