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Enpar announces the appointment of Dr. Shihab Kuran, Vice-Chairman and Director
Enpar announces the appointment of Dr. Shihab Kuran, Vice-Chairman and Director.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nGUELPH, ON, Feb. 16 /CNW/ - Dr. Gene Shelp, President and CEO of ENPAR\nTechnologies Inc. (\"ENPAR\"), is extremely pleased to announce the appointment\nof Dr. Shihab Kuran as Vice-Chairman of the Board and Director.\nDr. Kuran's interest in international water problems led to his\ninnovative work in the field of capacitive deionization in 1990. Over the past\nfifteen years, this has been widely covered and highlighted in the\ninternational media. He has delivered key-note speeches at international\nforums sponsored by the United Nations Development Program, various\ngovernments, monarchs, Non-Government Organizations, universities, media\noutlets and institutional and sophisticated investors.\nDr. Shihab Kuran has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and is currently\nattending the world-renowned The General Manager Program at the Harvard\nBusiness School (through May 2006). He has over fifteen years of international\nsemiconductor experience. Dr. Kuran has been featured and published in more\nthan thirty-five publications. Currently, Dr. Kuran is a Vice President at\nFairchild Semiconductor in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A., which is the world's\nleading supplier of components that optimize system power in automotive,\ncommunications, computing, consumer and industrial applications. He is in\ncharge of development for the Analog Products Group (APG), leading one of the\nworld's most experienced teams in this field. He is also responsible for\nmanaging the company's strategic direction for highly integrated devices for\nAPG.\nPrior to joining Fairchild Semiconductor, Dr. Kuran was senior vice\npresident of strategic marketing at Sipex Corporation, Milpitas, California.\nUSA, where he was responsible for the strategy and restructuring of the\ncompany's focus on power management. Dr. Kuran began his career as a design\nengineer in advanced circuit design with ANADIGICS, Inc. of Warren, New\nJersey, USA, and advanced into management roles in engineering, design\ntechnology, advanced development and business development.\n\"Dr. Kuran has extensive knowledge of capacitive deionization as it\nrelates to ENPAR's DesEL System and his intimate knowledge of the global water\nproblems, combined with his business acumen, should prove invaluable to ENPAR\nduring the next step toward profitability\" commented Dr. Shelp. \"He will\ncont...