Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Octillion Appoints Thomas Gladwin As Director

Auburn Hills, MI, based Octillion Corp. (OTCBB:OCTL) announced the appointment of Professor Thomas N. Gladwin, PhD, MBA, to the Company’s Board of Directors. Professor Gladwin is the Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and Co-Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at The University of Michigan, jointly appointed in the University’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources and Environment. He co-directs the University’s “Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research & Transformation” [SMART] Project, and also serves as a Core Faculty Member in the HRH The Prince of Wales's Business & the Environment Programme, directing its Senior Executives’ Seminars in the U.S. Dr. Gladwin holds both an MBA (with distinction) and a Ph.D. in International Business & Natural Resource Policy from the University of Michigan, and has published extensively—more than 140 publications and eight books—on corporate strategy, environmental sustainability, and economic globalization. He is the recipient of 30 foundation and academic awards for research on ecologically and socially sustainable commerce, including major awards from the National Science Foundation and the Energy Foundation. In 2003 he received the “Faculty Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement” from the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute. Octillion Corp. is a technology incubator focused on the identification, acquisition, development and eventual commercialization of emerging solar energy and solar related technologies.