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Benton H Wilcoxon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has specialized in the business development, structuring, and commercialization of advanced technologies, new materials and processes. During the last decade he arranged early stage financing for several projects organized by TMA Ventures including: a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology spin out from Sandia National Laboratories, know as MEMX Inc; Peak Sensors, advanced process controls technology for etch chambers from Sandia National Laboratories, and an advanced materials company known as Superior Micropowders. Mr. Wilcoxon is a Director and Chief Technology Consultant of Magnesium Alloy Corporation, a Canadian company, with cost-effective Russian and Ukrainian magnesium processing technologies, specialized solution mining technology from Kavernen Bau-und Betriebs-GmbH, feasibility engineering by Salzgitter Anlagenbau GmbH, and a magnesium deposit on the coast at Pointe Noire, Republic du Congo. Mr. Wilcoxon was one of the founders of Ashurst Technology Corporation in 1991, which became a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange where he was a Director, President, and later the CEO and Chairman. Ashurst was involved in advanced materials technologies from Ukraine, principally the development of ultra-high strength scandium aluminum alloys and metal ceramic composites. These were licensed to Easton Sports and Kaiser Aluminum and formed the basis for the highly successful launch of high-end Redline series baseball and softball bats, as well as race-winning scandium road and mountain bikes. | 