Microbia PE Adds Nutritional Ingredient Industry Veteran Charles Walton to Senior...

Microbia PE Adds Nutritional Ingredient Industry Veteran Charles Walton to
Senior Management Team
- Walton will head up North American sales operations as company advances
commercialization of initial carotenoid products -

LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Microbia Precision Engineering,
Inc. (Microbia) announced today that Charles Wesley Walton has joined the
company as Director of North American Sales. In this newly created position,
Mr. Walton will be responsible for developing and maintaining business
accounts and building customer relationships across North America.
"Chuck Walton is a highly experienced veteran of the food and nutritional
supplement industries with an exceptional 25-year sales and marketing record
that epitomizes Microbia's hallmark traits: Passion, innovation, and the drive
to excel," said Richard Bailey, Ph.D., CEO of Microbia. "We are delighted to
have Chuck join our ranks, and we look forward to his contributions as we take
full advantage of the company's scientific leadership to shape the future of
Microbia and bring important new bio-based products to market."
"This is an exciting time to join Microbia as momentum builds for the
company," said Mr. Walton. "With its unique approach to metabolic pathway
engineering, Microbia has made impressive progress over the past several years
in building a company that is well-positioned to capitalize on the tremendous
promises of industrial biotechnology. The Microbia team has done an
outstanding job of ensuring that the company is ready to build on its
technology and business opportunities, and I look forward to accelerating that
momentum as we focus on commercializing the company's initial carotenoid
products and expanding pipeline of bioproducts and materials."
Chuck Walton's experience in senior-level sales and marketing, product
development, and strategic planning positions with food and nutritional
supplements companies spans more than 20 years. Before joining Microbia,
Mr. Walton was Executive Vice President and a co-founder of Attitude Drink
Company, for which he created the IQZOL and Vis Viva brands and managed
product development. Prior to that, he served as Director of Product
Development and Innovation for Bravo! Brands, after serving 17 years with
DSM Nutritional products (formerly Roche Vitamins, Inc.). At Roche Vitamins,
Mr. Walton was a Senior Account Manager and a major contributor to product
design and new product introductions specializing in the food and beverage
industry representing more than $30 million in revenue. At DSM Nutritional,
Mr. Walton received five President's Achievement awards for outstanding sales
and three top supplier awards from major food and beverage manufacturers.
Mr. Walton holds a B.S. in Marketing and Business Administration from Saint
Cloud State University.
ABOUT MICROBIA PE (http://www.microbia-pe.com)
Microbia is an industrial biotechnology company applying proprietary
metabolic engineering approaches to create novel, commercially valuable
specialty ingredients and biomaterials. Microbia's products are generated from
renewable raw materials and either replace existing petrochemical-derived
counterparts in a cost-effective manner, or introduce new industrial chemicals
with applications as novel biomaterials. Microbia is commercializing its
technology through internal product development programs as well as strategic
alliances, including an ongoing multiproduct joint development and
commercialization agreement with Tate & Lyle Investments, Ltd. Microbia was
established in 2006 as a majority-owned subsidiary of Ironwood
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Contact:
Mary Moynihan
M2Friend Biocommunications
802.951.9600
mary@m2friend.com

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Mary Moynihan of M2Friend Biocommunications, +1-802-951-9600,
mary@m2friend.com, for Microbia Precision Engineering, Inc.