[May 24, 2018] |
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Know Labs Appoints (Ret.) Admiral Bill Owens to its Board of Directors
Know Labs, Inc. (f/k/a Visualant, Incorporated) (OTCQB: VSUL) - a
provider of identification, authentication and diagnostic solutions,
announced today that (Ret.) Admiral Bill Owens has joined its Board of
Directors.
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(Ret.) Admiral Bill Owens (Photo: Business Wire)
Admiral Owens is currently the co-founder and executive chairman of Red
Bison Advisory Group, a company which identifies opportunities with
proven enterprises in China, the Middle East, and the United States and
creates dynamic partnerships focusing on: natural resources (oil, gas
and fertilizer plants), real estate, and information and communication
technology. Most recently, he was the chairman of the board of
CenturyLink (News - Alert) Telecom, the third largest telecommunications company in the
United States and was on the advisory board of SAP USA. Owens serves on
the board of directors at Wipro (News - Alert) Technologies and is a director of the
following private companies: Humm Kombucha, a beverage company and
Versium. Owens is on the advisory board of the following private
companies: Healthmine, Platform Science, Sarcos, Sierra Nevada
Corporation, and Vodi. Owens is on the board of trustees at EastWest
Institute, Seattle University, and an advisor to the Fiscal
Responsibility Amendment (CFFRA) Association which aims to establish a
balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. He is also a member of
the Council of Foreign Relations.
From 2007 to 2015, Owens was the Chairman and Senior Partner of AEA
Investors Asia, a private equity firm located in Hong Kong, and Vice
Chairman of the NYSE for Asia. Owens also served as the Chairman of
Eastern Airlines. He has served on over 20 public boards including
Daimler, British American Tobacco, Telstra (News - Alert), Nortel Networks, and
Polycom. Owens was the CEO/Chairman of Teledesic LLC, a Bill Gates/Craig
McCaw company bringing worldwide broadband through an extensive
satellite network and prior, was the President, COO/Vice Chairman of
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC (News - Alert)). Owens has also
served on the boards of the non-for-profit organizations; Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Carnegie Corporation of New Yor,
Brookings Institution, and RAND Corporation.
Owens is a four-star US Navy veteran. He was Vice Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the second-ranking United States military officer with
responsibility for reorganizing and restructuring the armed forces in
the post- Cold War era. He is widely recognized for bringing commercial
high-grade technology into the Department of Defense for military
applications. Owens was the architect of the Revolution in Military
Affairs (RMA), an advanced systems technology approach to military
operations, the most significant change in the system of requirements,
budgets and technology for the four armed forces since World War II.
Owens served as Commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet from 1990 to 1992,
which included Operation Desert Storm. Owens also served as the deputy
chief of Naval Operations for Resources. Owens was senior military
assistant to two Secretaries of Defense (Cheney and Carlucci) and served
in the Office of Program Appraisal for the Secretary of the Navy. He
began his military career as a nuclear submariner. He served on four
strategic nuclear-powered submarines and three nuclear attack
submarines, including tours as Commanding Officer aboard the USS Sam
Houston, Michigan, and USS City of Corpus Christi. Owens spent a total
of 2000 days submerged aboard submarines, including duty in Vietnam.
Owens is a 1962 honor graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a
bachelor's degree in mathematics, bachelor's and master's degrees in
politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, and a
master's degree in management from George Washington University. He has
written more than 50 articles on national security and authored the book
"High Seas." His book, "Lifting the Fog of War," was published in April
2000 with a revision published in Mandarin in 2009.
Owens has received numerous recognitions and awards: the "Legion
d'Honore" by France, and also the highest awards given to foreigners by
the countries of Indonesia and Sweden. He was named as one of The 50
Most Powerful People in Networking by Network World (News - Alert), one of the 100 Best
Board Members in the United States for 2011 and again in 2016 awarded by
NACD, and the Intrepid Salute Award in recognition of his business
achievements and support of important philanthropic activities. Owens is
active in philanthropy to foster Chinese-American relations including
dialogues between the most senior retired officers in the United States
and Chinese militaries and similar dialogues between very senior
economists. He is one of North Dakota's Roughriders recipients, the
award given annually to some of the most prominent North Dakotans.
A native of Bismarck, North Dakota, Admiral Owens and his wife Monika
reside in Kirkland, Washington, and San Diego, California.
Phil Bosua, Know Labs' Chief Executive Officer said, "We are very
pleased to have Bill Owens join our Board of Directors. He brings
sophisticated judgment and a wealth of contacts from around the world.
He will make an immeasurable difference as we work together to build a
world class team and bring our technology to the market."
"Bill Owens brings a tremendous reservoir of experience to our Company,"
stated Know Labs Founder and Chairman Ron Erickson. "He is a wonderful
resource and full of insights and ideas. I am thrilled to work with Bill
as we introduce our technology to the marketplace."
"When I sat down with Ron Erickson and Phil Bosua in their lab and
witnessed, first hand, their technology, and heard them articulate their
vision for the Company, I knew immediately I wanted to be a part of
their team," said Bill Owens. "The Know Labs technology will, in my
view, truly make a difference in the world. It is the most exciting
technology I have seen in many years."
About Know Labs, Inc.
Know Labs (f/k/a Visualant) is a public company whose shares currently
trade under the stock symbol "VSUL." The company's technology directs
structured light or radio waves through a substance or material to
capture a unique molecular signature. The Company refers to these
signatures as ChromaID™ and Bio-RFID™. ChromaID and Bio-RFID are used to
identify, detect, or diagnose substance markers or biomarkers that may
be invisible to the human eye. ChromaID and Bio-RFID scanner modules can
be integrated into a variety of mobile or bench-top form factors. This
patented and patent pending, award-winning technology makes it possible
to effectively conduct analyses that could only previously be performed
by invasive and/or large and expensive lab-based tests. For more
information on Know Labs, visit the company's website at www.knowlabs.co
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