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Company restructures into
four business units
Richardson, Texas (June 14, 2007)
Zyvex, the first molecular nanotechnology company, today announced
the addition of Randy Schussler as General Manager of Zyvex
Instruments.
Schussler has 20 years experience leading the growth of high
technology companies. An accomplished executive with a passion
for operational excellence, his vision and experience have
driven profitable, sustained growth in a variety of enterprises,
large and small, around the world.
“We’re excited to have Randy here
to lead this company,” said Zyvex Founder Jim Von Ehr.
“His executive ability, people and planning skills,
and energy level are exactly what we’re looking for.
He also possesses outstanding technology development skills
and has a proven track record in growing businesses.”
This new position follows directly on the announcement
of Zyvex’s split into four companies: Zyvex Instruments,
Zyvex Performance Materials, Zyvex Labs, and Zyvex Asia.
“Our company has always had a reputation
for delivering results,” said Von Ehr. “Restructuring
the company into four units will allow us to leverage our
strong technical position and focus on individual products,
markets, customers, and new technologies.”
Zyvex
Instruments, LLC commercializes nanotechnology to address
real-world applications with high growth potential. The company
has a proven seven-year track record of providing tools, instrumentation,
and applications to the semiconductor and advanced research
markets. The company’s flagship product, the Zyvex nProber™,
is an 8-positioner nanomanipulator system designed and optimized
to electrically probe sub-100 nanometer features on the most
advanced semiconductor devices. The system consists of a state-of-the-art
Zyvex Nanomanipulator, an FEI Quanta™ 200 FEG SEM, an
8-channel DC parametric analyzer, an advanced anti-contamination
system, and custom software to control and integrate each
component.
Zyvex
Performance Materials, LLC, which was announced in April,
leverages Zyvex’s long-standing reputation as an industry
leader in nanomaterials applications, as well as its existing
nanomaterials patents, proprietary methods, core technologies,
and revenue-generating customer base. The company’s
NanoSolve® products deliver enhanced mechanical and electrical
properties in polymers by selectively incorporating the intrinsic
properties of carbon nanotubes into composite materials for
the Sporting Goods, Aerospace, Defense, and Automotive industries.
The company, which is scaling its business to meet the growing
demand for commercial applications in nanomaterials, is relocating
to Columbus, Ohio in order to be in close proximity to the
epicenter of the advanced materials industry. The company’s
recently announced General Manager, Thomas Hughes, was formerly
the Chief Operating Officer for Applied Sciences Incorporated
and the General Manager for Pyrograf Products, Incorporated,
the manufacturing affiliate for Applied Sciences.
Zyvex
Labs, LLC is engaged in R&D to develop next generation
MEMS-based instruments and to commercialize atomically precise
manufacturing. Jim Von Ehr will personally oversee the management
and direction of the group, which will remain in Richardson,
Texas.
Zyvex
Asia, LLC, which is based in Singapore, will provide R&D
support to the Zyvex Group of companies, and commercialize
nanotechnology in Asia.
Schussler is the past President of Codekko Software, an early
stage software company which has developed a disruptive technology
that increases the efficiency of servers delivering web applications
by 300%. He also managed the growth of Flextronics’
business with two of its largest customers. He created sustained,
profitable growth with one $1.5B+ customer, and started the
other customer’s business from nothing — to achieve
several hundred million per year in revenue. Schussler was
the original operations executive at Xtera Communications,
a well-funded telecom startup, growing it to a run rate of
$80M per quarter. He drove the manufacturing operations in
the United States, Mexico and China while with STB/3dfx. The
company grew from <$100M to greater than $300M, in less
than three years.
Schussler holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering
from Oregon State University.
, is based in Richardson, Texas. Our vision
is to help our customers understand the world at a different
scale — and unlock new technologies for the future.
We provide tools, instrumentation, and applications to serve
the semiconductor and advanced research markets.
Zyvex Instruments is at www.zyvex.com. Contact
Katharine Green, Director of Corporate Communications, at
kgreen@zyvex.com or by phone at 972.792.1620.
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