Sales Manager

Clifford M. Morris

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Pleasanton, CA 94566 Cell: 408-***-****

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Vice President of Corporate Global Business Development

PROFILE

Twenty year track record of monetizing technology & IP in diverse industries

and cultures.

Start-up company experience: Established pre-production revenue through

several Joint Development Agreements – primarily with Japanese technology

companies.

Global footprint – includes five years in Europe as Director of European

Operations and extensive business development in Asia.

Free Time - volunteer installer of solar panels for low -income housing with

Grid Alternatives.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP

Clean Tech – solar/photovoltaic & nanotechnology, LCD film materials, lithium ion

battery materials, roll-to-roll patterned ITO for flexible displays & flex circuit electronic

materials.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NanoGram, Inc., Milpitas, CA 2006-Present

NanoGram is a high-tech solar/photovoltaic, nanotechnology and IP company

providing advanced material technologies to the photovoltaic, LCD, battery,

and electronics materials markets.

Vice President NanoGram Solar & Business Unit Head Thin Film Solar

Challenge: Generate revenue through product sales, partnership alliances,

and IP licensing opportunities. Reformulate business model to accelerate

revenue, lead company’s strategic direction, establish global sales and

marketing organization in Japan and Korea.

Results:

• Repositioned NanoGram’s technology IP licensing orientation to a

product driven company. Recently completed printed electronics

(silicon ink) with major Japanese polycarbonate producer for Joint

Development Agreement.

• Established strategic partnership with global semiconductor equipment

company for the commercialization of NanoGram’s high rate thin film

silicon deposition equipment for photovolaics. (2008)

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• Developed and negotiated new development projects, products and

licensing revenue:

$2.5M+ -- manufacturing alliance with Japanese chemical co. (2007).

$2M -- JDA with large Japanese LCD display film producer (2007).

$1.5M+ -- mfg. and license agreement with Korean Co for Low

Temperature Polysilicon. (2007).

$10M+ --future revenues expected from new Hi RI product (2008.)

Developing projects with commercial success expected.

Printed nano-scale silicon ink for photovoltaic and TFTs.

Refractive index management materials for anti-reflective display films.

Silicon thin film deposition targeting solar and Low Temperature

Polysilicon for AMOLED.

IR absorbing, clean tech materials.

Flextronics/Sheldahl (Multek), Northfield, MN 1986

- 2006

Flextronics (Multek) is the world’s premier contract manufacturer and

high volume printed circuit board manufacturer.

Vice President Sales & Marketing – Sheldahl Division 2001-2005

Division leader for $65M business unit and manager of sales group, product

managers, and customer service.

Challenge: In 2002, Sheldahl exited Chapter 11 with a new management

team. Played a pivotal role in rebuilding the business portfolio and quickly

returning the company to profitability before eventually selling the company

to Flextronics.

Results:

• Management team member that led Sheldahl out of Chapter 11.

• In three years, the team transformed the company from a low margin,

automotive dominated supplier to a profitable, balanced portfolio

including: cell phones, printers, and automotive.

• As part of the executive management/ownership team, executed a

value creation strategy that netted the major share holders a 6X return

on investment in less than 24 months.

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General Manager Display Products 1998 -2001

Challenge: Launched a new product line: role-to-role patterned ITO for the

plastic display and touch screen market.

Results:

• Developed new product concept for patterned ITO, targeted at the

emerging plastic display market.

• Obtained $3.6M grant from the United States Display Consortium.

• Developed and implemented strategy for Sheldahl's ThinFoil™ lithium

for lithium sulfur polymer batteries. Obtained a $2M grant from ATP NIST

with two joint venture partners: Eveready and PolyPlus Battery.

Director, Europe (Paris, France) 1992 - 1997

Challenge: Develop the European market for Sheldahl products and

generate a significant revenue stream.

Results:

• Created and implemented European strategic plan that resulted in $8M

annual sales and involved a cost budget of $0.6M. Eventually, European

business equated to nearly 40% of the company’s total business.

• Hired, trained, and supervised three European technical sales engineers,

two distributors, and two sales representative firms.

• Obtained $2.5M in annual business from Siemens Automotive (Toulouse,

France) for its power distribution module for the 1996 Renault Megen.

National Account Manager (Detroit, MI) 1991 – 1992

Product Set-Up Engineer (Northfield, MN) 1991

Account Manager (Cincinnati, OH) 1986 - 1990

Negotiated Sheldahl’s first sales contract with a Japanese firm, resulting in

$2M annual sales.

Ford Motor Company

Dealer Channel Zone Manager (Knoxville, TN) 1982 – 1985

EDUCATION

MBA, MARKETING Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 1988

BA, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 1982

EXECUTIVE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

INSEAD Executive Education Program Paris, France 1995

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