Stephen L. Watson Named Chairman of Rypos’ Board of Directors

May 10, 2010 - PRLog -- Stephen L. Watson was recently named as Chairman of Rypos, Inc’s Board of Directors. An active private investor in early-stage companies for the past twenty years, Mr. Watson is an experienced entrepreneur. He was most recently CEO of Medispectra and previously Chairman of Altair Avionics Corporation and of Environmental Engineering Corp. Rypos, Inc is the leader in the design and manufacturing of active exhaust control systems for the reduction of harmful emissions from diesel engines.

“We are extremely fortunate to have Stephen Watson as Rypos’ Chairman,” commented Peter Bransfield, CEO of Rypos. “His knowledge and experience will be a tremendous asset to the company.”

Mr. Watson also served as CEO and Chairman of Netegrity and Sr. Vice President of ComputerLand Corporation.  He has been on the Executive Board of the MIT Enterprise Forum and on the Enterprise Board of the Photonics Center at Boston University. In addition he was the Chairman of the Industrial Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University, is a governor of Iowa State University, and serves on the board of the ISU Foundation.

Rypos’ flexible and scalable designs utilize patented electrical regeneration strategy and technology to reduce diesel particulate matter by 95%. Rypos’ HDPF filters are CARB Level 3+ Verified, are virtually maintenance free, and provide the lowest cost of operation. The filters have applications in on-road, off-road, stationary generator, small auxiliary power unit, and marine markets.

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

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RYPOS Inc. (www.rypos.com) is a privately held company with operations in Holliston, Mass. and Long Beach, Calif. The company’s leading edge products for diesel exhaust filtration have applications in on-road, off-road, stationary, and marine markets.