Form: 8-K

Current report filing

January 13, 2010

 

EXHIBIT 99.1
 
CryoPort Announces the Addition of John H. Bonde to Its Board of Directors

LAKE FOREST, CA --(January 12, 2010) - CryoPort, Inc. (OTCBB: CYRX) today announced that John H. Bonde, 64, was elected as a director to the Board on January 7, 2010 and serves as a member of the audit committee. Mr. Bonde is the Chief Executive Officer of eQsys, Inc., a position he has held since November 2008. From January 2005 through January 2006, Mr. Bonde served as the Division President of CGS Systems. Mr. Bonde has over 35 years experience working in various management positions at a number of successful high tech companies and has been a director of numerous private companies. Mr. Bonde earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from City University of New York, Queens College in 1969 and a Masters of Science in Business Policy from Columbia University in 1982.

Larry Stambaugh, Chairman & CEO of CryoPort, stated, "We are extremely pleased to be adding a seasoned director with such extensive experience as Mr. Bonde. He will be a valuable asset to our organization as we commercialize the CryoPort Express™ Shipping Solution."

About CryoPort, Inc.

CryoPort (www.cryoport.com) has developed a leading edge, proprietary, technology-driven packaging and transport system focused on providing a solution for the frozen shipping market in the growing global life science industry. The products developed by CryoPort are essential components of the infrastructure required for the testing, research and end user delivery of temperature-sensitive medicines and biomaterials in an increasingly complex logistical environment.

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