SEATTLE, July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearSign Combustion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLIR), a leading provider of industrial combustion technologies that deliver unmatched reduction of pollutant emissions while improving operational costs, today announced that Stephen M. Sock joined the company as Senior Vice President of Business Development effective July 17, 2017. Steve will be taking over for Andrew Lee, who has previously announced his plans to retire this year.
Steve joins ClearSign from Burrow Global where he served as Business Development Manager Prior to this assignment, Steve had a successful twenty-five year career with Amec Foster Wheeler and their successor companies in the global engineering and construction industry in positions of increasing responsibility including Director of Technology Business Development, Global Key Account Executive and Vice President – Commercial. Steve joined Foster Wheeler as a Process Engineer directly from Lehigh University, where he studied chemical engineering.
"I'm very enthusiastic to join the ClearSign team and look forward to using my industry experience to help bring this game changing technology to an ever expanding market," said Steven Sock.
ClearSign's Chairman and CEO, Stephen Pirnat stated, "We are excited to have Steve join the ClearSign team. Steve brings to ClearSign vast oil and gas industry experience, along with an important knowledge of the combustion industry. We believe he is ideally suited for this position, can build on our industry momentum and look forward to his contributions to the company."
About ClearSign Combustion Corporation
ClearSign Combustion Corporation designs and develops products and technologies for the purpose of improving key performance characteristics of combustion systems, including emissions and operational performance, energy efficiency and overall cost-effectiveness. Our patented Duplex™ and Electrodynamic Combustion Control™ platform technologies enhance the performance of combustion systems in a broad range of markets, including the energy (upstream oil production and down-stream refining), commercial/industrial boiler, chemical, petrochemical, and power industries. For more information, please visit www.clearsign.com.
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