Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On July 20, 2020, Marc Abrams and Dr. DJ Nag were appointed to the Board of
Directors of Crown ElectroKinetics Corp., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), effective immediately.
Mr. Abrams, age 74, is the founder and former leader of the Public Company
Business sector of SingerLewak LLP., a certified public accounting firm. This
sector was founded in 1995. He has over 40 years of public accounting
experience. Mr. Abrams' expertise includes audits of publicly held companies,
initial public offerings, private offerings, corporate reorganizations and
acquisitions and evaluating business plans and litigation support.
Additionally, Mr. Abrams' broad practice includes expertise in several
industries including technology, life sciences, real estate, retail and
franchise, hotels and casinos, and manufacturing. He currently serves on the
board of OFS Capital Corporation (a BDC) since 2011, as well as Hancock Park
Corporate Income Inc., another BDC. Previously, Mr. Abrams served on the board
of Unified Online, Inc. (a/k/a IceWeb,Inc.)
Mr. Abrams graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Science in
Accounting. Through 2011, he was an active member of AICPA, the California
Society of CPA's and the Los Angeles Venture Association. He brings extensive
accounting experience and expertise.
Dr. Nag, age 50, is the Chief Investment Officer at Ventech Solutions, a
healthcare technology company that manages quality data for the Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). He has successfully led Ohio State
University, Rutgers University and University of Nebraska's technology transfer
operations that included licensing, startup and investments. As an entrepreneur,
he led a number of start-ups in the intellectual property strategy, artificial
intelligence, and medical device space. As a consultant in patent monetization
and intellectual property strategy, he has worked with many Fortune 500
companies, universities, and national governments. He was a Director of Ocean
Tomo and a Vice President at ICAP Ocean Tomo, leading patent transaction
markets. He was recognized as one of the top IP strategists by IAM300 in 2019.
Dr. Nag was on the Board of the Association of University Technology Managers,
Inc. (AUTM) from 2012 to 14, focused on educating the members around world on
the importance of technology transfer and intellectual property. He is widely
recognized as a global intellectual property strategist working with government
and universities in Poland, Japan, India, Turkey, Brazil, South Korea, Ukraine
and many other countries. Currently, he teaches intellectual property strategy
and negotiations as a Professor of Practice at Rutgers University and a Visiting
Professor at Shizuoka University. He volunteers as the first
Executive-in-Residence at the Dublin City Schools, leading a startup academy for
high school students and serves on the foundation board at the Dublin Methodist
Hospital.
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