On January 5, 2018, the Board of Directors of Gevo, Inc. promoted Bradford K. Towne to Chief Accounting Officer, and also designated Mr. Towne as the company's principal financial and accounting officer for SEC reporting purposes. Mr. Towne, age 40, has served as the Company's Controller since October 2016. From December 2014 to October 2016, Mr. Towne provided controller and technical accounting services for various public and private companies, including serving as the Director of Technical Accounting at Envision Healthcare, a provider of physician-led services and post-acute care, and ambulatory surgery services (March 2016 to October 2016), and Vice President, Corporate Controller, of Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc., a company providing emissions solutions to customers in the power generation and other industries (December 2014 to August 2015).
Gevo, Inc. is a carbon abatement company focused on transforming renewable energy into energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as renewable fuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel. The Company operates in three segments. The Gevo segment is focused on research and development activities related to the production of SAF, commercial opportunities for other renewable hydrocarbon products, such as renewable natural gas, hydrocarbons for gasoline blendstocks and diesel fuel, and plastics, materials, and other chemicals. Gevo segment also develops, maintains, and protects its intellectual property portfolio, provides corporate oversight services, and is responsible for development and construction of its Net-Zero Projects. The Agri-Energy segment is engaged in the operation of its Luverne facility and the development of the production of isobutanol, ethanol and related products. The Renewable Natural Gas segment produces-pipeline quality methane gas captured from dairy cow manure.
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