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Gala Global Inc. Names Dr. Maqsood Rehman as COO
Gala Global Inc. Names Dr. Maqsood Rehman as COO.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n ANAHEIM, Calif., June 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gala Global, Inc. (OTC:GLAG), a publicly-traded development firm specializing in equity investments, debt financing and mergers and acquisitions in the biotechnology industry, has named Dr. Maqsood “Max” Rehman as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO).\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CEG Inc. Digital Plant Cloning Incubator\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/74ff43f6-51a0-4eec-901c-32d3cb7d83a2 “We welcome Dr. Rehman as he brings with him a diverse background of working for large public and private companies in the field of genetics and the commercialization of genetically modified crops for a wide variety of uses,” said Gala Global CEO Timothy Madden. Dr. Rehman comes to Gala Global from doing work as a global soybean breeding leader for Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, Ind.  Dr. Rehman will be leading Gala Global’s development team working to commercialize digital plant cloning incubators from Controlled Environment Genomics, Inc. (CEG), an Akron, Ohio-based genomics company recently acquired by Gala Global that specializes in digital plant gene sequencing, editing and cloning technologies. CEG’s state-of-the-art genomics technology makes possible digital genome sequencing and plant cloning systems.  These enable developers to digitally sequence the genomes of the most desirable plant varieties based on flavor and nutrition.  As a result, the very best plant traits can be used to improve the most sought-after commercial varieties with characteristics like maximized yield and quality conducive to increased consumer demand and improved production profitability. Dr. Rehman will also be working with GenoBreeding  Inc., a division of Greengro Technologies, Inc. (OTC:GRNH), Anaheim, Calif.  GenoBreeding  was formed in early 2017 to direct a Greengro initiative intended to bring to the plants and herbs markets cutting-edge plant varieties through the application of modern plant breeding technologies. Gala’s business strategy is to develop breeding tools like molecular markers to enable productive plant breeding decisions and processes that achieve top-tier plant performance in a sustai...