eMerge Names Christopher A. Sinclair, Former Chairman and CEO of the Pepsi-Cola Company, to Its Board of Directors
Tuesday April 6, 8:10 am ET
SEBASTIAN, Fla., April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eMerge Interactive, Inc. (Nasdaq: EMRG - News), a technology company providing individual-animal tracking, food-safety and animal information solutions to the beef production industry, today announced that Christopher A. Sinclair, former Chairman and CEO of the Pepsi-Cola Company, has been appointed to its board of directors, effective immediately.
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"We are pleased to add Chris to our board of directors," stated David C. Warren, eMerge's Chief Executive Officer. "Chris brings to eMerge experience and leadership spanning the global marketplace, and his knowledge of the quick-service food industry and related distribution channels will be of significant value to eMerge, particularly as we begin to develop markets for the VerifEYE hand-scan hygiene system."
Mr. Sinclair has over 25 years of experience in leading and managing large complex organizations. He currently serves as Managing Director of Manticore Partners LLC, a venture capital and advisory firm in Greenwich, Connecticut. He is also Chairman of Scandent Group Holdings, a global IT Services firm. From 1998 to 2000 he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caribiner International Inc., a global business communications company, and from 1996 to 1998 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Quality Food Centers, a large supermarket chain. From 1984 to 1996, Mr. Sinclair served in various executive roles at Pepsico, Inc., most recently as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Pepsi-Cola Company. Mr. Sinclair was also President and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Foods and Beverages International and President and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi-Cola International.
At PepsiCo, Mr. Sinclair led the global success of the Pepsi-Cola brands in building significant shareholder value, creating enduring consumer franchise and significant market share. Mr. Sinclair also serves as a Member of the Boards of Directors of Mattel Inc., Foot Locker Inc. and Scandent Group Holdings.
About eMerge Interactive
eMerge Interactive, Inc. is a technology company providing individual- animal tracking, food-safety and animal information solutions to the beef production industry. The Company's individual animal-tracking technologies include CattleLog(TM), an exclusive USDA Process Verified Program providing data-collection and reporting that enables beef-verification and branding. The Company's food-safety technologies include VerifEYE(TM) CIS, a carcass meat- inspection system, and VerifEYE(TM) Solo, a lightweight and portable machine- vision system. The VerifEYE(TM) technology instantly detects microscopic traces of organic contamination that might harbor bacteria such as E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella and is patented by scientists at Iowa State University and the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA for which eMerge Interactive holds exclusive rights to its commercialization.
For additional information regarding this press release, or if you have investor questions, please contact Juris Pagrabs, eMerge's Chief Financial Officer, at 772-581-9741, or Tom Dean, Murdock Capital Partners, at (212) 421-2545. |
