LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2007--Liquidmetal(R)
Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:LQMT) today announced Chief Financial Officer
Young Ham has resigned from the company to pursue personal and
professional opportunities in South Korea later this year.
Mr. Ham joined Liquidmetal Technologies in April 2005 after having
served the previous year as the CFO of Liquidmetal Asian operations
overseeing the establishment of accounting and internal controls.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Ham was a founding partner in the
Hanmi Accounting Corporation in South Korea where he provided
accounting and consulting services to many multi-national companies.
Larry Buffington, President and CEO of Liquidmetal Technologies
commented, "Young has been invaluable to our firm in leading change in
both our Asian and US operations. He has delivered strong intelligence
and professionalism to the financial discipline of our Corporation.
While we are going to miss Young, we respect his decision and wish him
well!"
The company is expected to name a new CFO by summer, in the
interim period Liquidmetal Technologies elected Won Chung, the
company's Controller, as Vice President of Finance. Mr. Chung will
serve as the company's principal financial officer until Mr. Ham's
replacement is selected.
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adoption of our alloys by customers; the commercial success of our
customer's products; our ability to identify, develop, and
commercialize new applications for our alloys; competition with
suppliers of incumbent materials; the development of new materials
that render our alloys obsolete; the ability to manage our anticipated
growth; our limited direct experience in manufacturing bulk alloy
products; scaling-up our manufacturing facilities; protecting our
intellectual property; problems associated with manufacturing and
selling our alloys outside of the United States; and other risks and
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