Rypos Names Don Simoneau Chief Financial Officer

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan 21, 2010 -
Rypos recently appointed Don Simoneau Chief Financial Officer. Simoneau joins the clean air technology leader with over 23 years experience in finance and operational leadership at global high-tech companies. Simoneau will be based at Rypos corporate headquarters in Holliston, Ma.

“We continue to build the most talented and respected team in the clean air arena to lead the company forward,” comments Peter Bransfield, CEO of Rypos. We believe that Don will be a tremendous asset to our team.”

Rypos, Inc is the leader in the design and manufacturing of active exhaust control systems for the reduction of harmful emissions from diesel engines. Rypos’ flexible and scalable designs utilize patented electrical regeneration strategy and technology The filters have applications in on-road, off-road, stationary generator, small auxiliary power unit, and marine markets.

Mr. Simoneau was most recently the Sr. VP of Operations for cyber security firm Industrial Defender where he was responsible for worldwide sales, professional services, and managed security services.  Prior to joining Industrial Defender Inc., Simoneau was CEO at Longwatch, Inc., where he raised venture capital, set up company operations, built the brand and established a North American distribution channel.  He began his career in the technical workstation business at Apollo Computer and HP before becoming CFO of SCADA software company Intellution, which grew in sales from $20M to $70M during his tenure.  Simoneau also served as CFO of privately held Altair Avionics and supported the sale to United Technologies.  He has an MBA from Bentley College and a BS in finance and computer science from Boston College.

Rypos’ HDPF filters are CARB Level 3+ Verified and reduce particulate matter by up to 95% with virtually no increase in fuel consumption; using only 1% or less of the energy output to regenerate. The only technology on the market that does not rely on exhaust gas temperature to complete this process, Rypos filters are virtually maintenance free and provide the lowest cost of operation.

For more info on Rypos visit www.rypos.com.

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