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Ben DuPont, Director (Proposed), is founder and president of yet2.com. Yet2.com helps companies scout for and acquire new technology and divest underutilized technology. Yet2.com's current clients include: Proctor & Gamble, Canon, Siemens, Bayer, Agfa, DuPont and Honeywell. Mr. DuPont developed the business plan for yet2.com in 1998, which led to the development of a global organization. Yet2.com has 25 employees with offices in Boston, London and Tokyo.
Prior to founding yet2.com, Mr. DuPont spent 13 years with the DuPont organization in a variety of roles including: specialty chemicals, fibers and automotive business units at sites in South Carolina, Michigan, New Jersey and Delaware. Mr. DuPont launched the DuPont organization's first business on-line in 1994, and for a year, managed DuPont's only internet presence. He also co-founded DigitalEye and Emeron (beachcam.com, trafficam.com, traintimes.com) which was acquired by Diamond Technologies in 2002. Mr. DuPont has four patents.
Mr. DuPont has a BSME from Tufts University. He is a director of Longwood Gardens and the Jefferson Awards. While still in college, Mr. DuPont designed and patented a unqiue children's toy: blocks with offset centers of gravity. This toy won five national awards from Patenting Magazine, Parents Magazine and industry associations. From this effort, he formed a company and sold 20,000 toy sets from his garage. | 