Compass Biotechnology, Inc. ("Compass") Appoints Thomas F. Krucker as President

PHOENIX, AZ, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Compass Biotechnology's Board of Directors has appointed Thomas F. Krucker as President of Operations.

For the past five years, Mr. Krucker has been working in the investment banking industry and brings sophisticated financing, international operations, and market knowledge to Compass. Mr. Krucker's wide ranging and valuable expertise, from the automotive industry to the financial markets, will greatly assist in Compass' domestic and international sales efforts. Mr. Krucker has a J.D. from Pepperdine College of Law.

Mr. Krucker previously served with Toyota USA for 11 years and held national positions as IR Director and Import Director for the USA operations. During the course of his time with Toyota, his duties included oversight for five divisions which reported to him, including truck/rail transportation, ship routing, ten port authorities around USA, treasury/customs responsibility for company, insurance/claims, damage control for ocean rail vehicle delivery, truck assembly at all ports, accessory and preparation at all ports.

Dr. Joseph Sinkule, CEO of Compass, said, "Compass is excited to recruit someone with Tom's credentials as its President. Mr. Krucker has a proven track-record of performance in creating value in small- and mid-cap companies, and during his time with Toyota, was responsible for the largest selling region in USA and for building a dealer network for Toyota, which became the first imported vehicle nameplate to out-sell and out-register all domestic car lines including Chevrolet, Ford, and Chrysler. With international pharmaceutical product distribution and sales as our end goal, Tom should be able to contribute significantly to our current and future growth."

Garth Likes, Chairman of Compass stated, "Beyond his auto-industry expertise, Mr.Krucker has sophisticated finance and equity market knowledge and will be an invaluable asset to Compass Biotechnology, Inc."

ABOUT COMPASS BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC.   

www.compassbio.net

Compass Biotechnologies, Inc. is a publically-traded specialty pharmaceutical company (COBI:OB) focused on building value in several key market areas - women's health, hepatitis anti-viral drugs and prophylactic vaccines, recombinant protein therapeutics called "biobetters", and cytokine reagents and growth factor supplements for the cell culture and biotech manufacturing industries. Products in these areas are being developed within business units or franchises with majority ownership held by Compass Biotechnologies, Inc.

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