OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The directors of Summit
Environmental Corporation (Pink Sheets: SEVT) elected John Brooks and Dr.
Mohsen Amiran as directors to fill recent director vacancies, announced Thomas
Kenan, counsel to and a director of Summit. In addition, Mr. Brooks was
appointed President of the company and Dr. Amiran was appointed Executive Vice
President of the company. Further, Brooks and Amiran were appointed as the
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and, between meetings of the
board, possess the full powers of the Board of Directors. Finally, the
directors announced that earlier reported problems with Summit's fire
suppressant products are being corrected.
Both Mr. Brooks and Dr. Amiran earlier were directors of the company but
had resigned their offices. Dr. Amiran is the inventor of the company's fire
suppressant products, and Brooks is one of this country's experts in fire
suppressant technology. Kenan said, "The directors welcome back these two
individuals who have always been the backbone of the company in technology
matters and are most capable of leading the company to financial success in
marketing its fire suppressant products."
Mr. Brooks, 59, of Oak Harbor, WA is a retired Naval Officer with
twenty-five years of active naval service. After his naval service, in 1993
he joined Mach II Aviation, an FAA repair station, directing the development
of global positioning system (GPS) applications. He managed the first
installation and approval of supplementary GPS receivers for oceanic
navigation.
In 1995, he joined International Aero Inc. (IAI) as director of
purchasing. Significantly, in 1997 he was reassigned as director of research
in its fire protection laboratory. He began focusing on applications of
condensed aerosols which led to the 2005 adoption of the NFPA2010 standard.
In 1998 he formed FirePak Oil and Gas Industries LLC to exploit this
emerging new technology and to market Pyrogen condensed and disbursed aerosols
products and to provide consulting services in the Americas. His recent
research has concentrated in aerospace fire protection and suppression systems
testing. His research into ignition sources in airliner fires has led to the
development of the new Arc Fault Circuit Protection for aerospace. He was
instrumental in identifying aging wiring and the location of hidden or
non-accessible fires and in developing new alternative suppression systems for
commercial aircraft. The detection and location of wiring defects in aging
aircraft has gained an industry wide focus, with the goal of mitigation of
electrical arcing as an ignition source and of wiring failures for airliner
electrical system malfunctions.
In 2004 the IAI fire protection laboratory was purchased by Doll
technology Group where Mr. Brooks served as Director of research and president
of RedBrooks Laboratories. There he helped develop the "Fire Caddy" product
Line. In 2006 he left Doll and formed StillBrooks Laboratory, where he serves
as President, and StillBrooks AG., where he is Director of Research working on
applications of Anionic Polyacrylamide for firefighting and for water
retention in domestic agriculture.
He was a director of our company from 1999 until his resignation in 2002.
Dr. Amiran, 57, of Oak Creek, WI received his undergraduate degree in
Organic Chemistry from Areya Mehr University in Tehran, Iran and his Ph.D.
from the University of Essex in England. Early in his career, at the Shah of
Iran's request, he organized a new technical university in Tehran to do
research and development for both military and civilian causes. The operation
grew into perhaps the largest research facility in the Middle East. His work
on solvents for cleaning oil spills and other environmentally safe cleaning
solvents was so highly regarded that the Shah of Iran presented him with three
awards, including a gold medal, the country's highest honor.
When the Islamic revolution took place, the new regime destroyed Dr.
Amiran's laboratory and burned his equipment and research records.
Eventually, Ayatollah Khomeini, the new leader, stepped in and asked Dr.
Amiran to become an advisor and help industry and the military to get back on
their feet. After a short time, Dr. Amiran escaped with his wife and son to
London and then to the United States. He became a professor at Northwestern
University. Later he founded BioGenesis Enterprises, Inc. of Springfield,
Virginia, where he again began working on environment-saving fire suppressants
and cleaning agents.
He has been employed the last ten years as the CEO of BioGenesis
Enterprises. He was a director of our company from 1999 until his resignation
in June 2007.
Both Mr. Brooks and Dr. Amiran will serve as officers and directors until
the next annual meeting of shareholders of the registrant. Neither has any
family relationship with any director or executive officer of the registrant.
SOURCE Summit Environmental Corporation