Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Contour Energy Systems Names New Sales, Marketing Head

Azusa-based Contour Energy, the developer of advanced battery technology, said today that it has named Joe Carcone as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and also promoted Dr. Simon Jones to Vice President of Technology. Carcone joins the firm from PowerGenix, where he was Vice president of Marketing and Sales. Carone has also served at SANYON Energy USA, GE, and Bell Labs. Jones was most recently director of research and development at the firm, supervising research and development efforts for lithium primary and advanced rechargeable technologies. Contour Energy is venture backed by CMEA Capital, Harris and Harris, Schlumberger and US Venture Partners, and based out of technology spun out of Caltech.

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