BEACHWOOD, OHIO—March 11, 2009—Cohesant Inc. (Pink Sheets: COHY) (“Cohesant”) announced the following management changes; Jack Prause, VP of CuraFlo Franchising, was named CuraFlo Chief Operating Officer and will be responsible for both CuraFlo Franchising and CuraFlo Services business units, while Robert Pawlak, Chief Financial Officer, will be responsible for RLS Solutions and Cohesant Materials business units as well as Administration for the Company.
Mr. Prause comes to Cohesant with a background in consulting, executive management, and as an entrepreneur. He has held senior management positions with Mercer Management Consulting, the American Red Cross, Bain Capital, and International Paper, as well as starting his own business, Real Adventures Compounding Education. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Prause earned his MBA in Strategic Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and has BS in Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Mr. Pawlak has been the Chief Financial Officer of Cohesant since its formation and served as the Chief Financial Officer of Cohesant Technologies, the former parent of Cohesant. He has held various accounting positions with Cohesant Technologies and its subsidiaries. Mr. Pawlak earned his MBA as well as his BS in Business from Indiana University.
“Over the past year, Jack and Rob have taken on increasing responsibility for the business units. This change recognizes the leadership role they are already playing and will afford me the ability to focus on the strategic future of Cohesant. ” said Morris Wheeler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cohesant. Mr. Wheeler added, “Both Rob and Jack are pragmatic and results oriented, they are the ideal duo to lead the Company to profitability in these difficult economic times.”
Cohesant Inc., based in Beachwood Ohio, is engaged in the protection and renewal of drinking water distribution systems and wastewater collection systems for municipal, industrial, commercial and residential infrastructure and the design, development, manufacture and sale of specialty coatings and equipment used to apply such coatings. The Company markets its products under numerous trade names including; AquataPoxy, CuraFlo, CuraPoxy, and Raven.
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