May 14, 2012 17:02 ET
Labrador Announces Appointment of New CEO
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) -
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Labrador Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LTX) ("Labrador" or the "Company") announced today that Mr. Terry Barnhart has been appointed as CEO of the Company.
Mr. Barnhart, who recently took over as President of the Company on April 1st, 2012, has over 20 years of executive experience in the technology sector, largely in the oil and gas industry. His experience includes 5 years at Veritas (now CGG), Excalibur-Gemini (a privately held company which Mr. Barnhart founded) and as President of Divestco Inc for 6 years. Mr. Barnhart's education is in Geomatics Engineering Technology.
Said John Redfern, Labrador Chairman, "With the elevation of Terry as CEO, as well as our previously announced new officers, we have completed the transition to our new management team. As we welcome Terry to his new role, I'd also like to thank Ron Sterne for his years of dedication as founder and former CEO of the Company. We look forward to continuing to work with Ron in his ongoing roles as trusted adviser and Director on our Board."
Said Terry Barnhart of his new role, "Having worked for a month now with Labrador's existing world class development team, as well as worked with a number of key customers, I'm more convinced than ever of the Company's market potential. Based on this experience, as CEO I am very much looking forward to actively bringing our eTriever® product to market - both in Canada and internationally."
Labrador® eTriever is a secure, web-based, data retriever, which thrives in complex database environments such as the Oil & Gas industry. eTriever® goes well beyond conventional methods of oil and gas data retrieval to provide seamless wireless data access using such devices as the BlackBerry™, the iPhone™, and the iPad™.
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