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Nicholas Puro is the President and a member of the Board of Directors of TEMPTIME Corporation, the world leader in time-temperature indicators (TTIs). TEMPTIME's product lines consist of inexpensive, specifically formulated, visibly readable TTIs for the health and food markets and ascending temperature threshold indicators (THIs) for monitoring heat exposure during shipping and short-term storage. TEMPTIME is an international company with its headquarters in Morris Plains, New Jersey and offices in Paris, France and London, England. The Company is committed to high-level quality standards including ISO 9001:2000 and Good Manufacturing Practices. TEMPTIME maintains over 30 patents and a scientific and technical staff dedicated to improving its existing products and developing new products. The Company produces and ships hundreds of millions of TTIs each year and has recently launched its first THI product.

 

TEMPTIME has established many key client relationships and maintains an excellent IP position. In a dramatic restart in 2000 following the infusion of new capital and senior management, the Company has more than tripled its revenue and positioned itself for dynamic growth by adding a solid core of middle management, mastering control of the production process and focusing on quality. TEMPTIME has also drastically improved yields in production and increased its production capacity by a factor of 10.

 

Mr. Puro has been involved with TEMPTIME for more than 9 years as a Director and investor through the EDELSON funds, a series of five strategic venture capital funds, which manage corporate rather than pension money for ten of the world's largest multinational corporations (AT&T, Viacom, 3M, Ford Motor, Cincinnati Bell, Colgate-Palmolive, Reed Elsevier, Imation, Asea Brown Boveri and UPS). He has extensive experience as a speaker at numerous industry conferences in the U.S. and in Europe.

 

Prior to joining TEMPTIME as its President in August 2004, Mr. Puro was a Partner of the Edelson funds and a practicing attorney at Pavia & Harcourt, a law firm with offices in New York City and Europe. In venture capital he was an active member of the Board of Directors of many companies and took responsibility for developing strategies that let to successful IPOs and M&A activity. As an attorney he specialized in the representation of venture capital firms and venture funded technology and manufacturing companies. Education: BS in Accounting from Seton Hall University and a JD from Fordham University Law School.

TEMPTIME is the world leader in time temperature indicators (TTIs). Its product lines consist of inexpensive, specifically formulated, visibly readable TTIs and Threshold temperature indicators for the health and food markets. HEATmarker® indicators are designed for and used by the pharmaceutical industry and Fresh-Check® indicators have been formulated for a broad range of applications in the food industry. TH-F™ ascending threshold indicators (THI) provide a visual signal to the user when a threshold temperature has been met or exceeded for a short period of time. TEMPTIME's TTI products provide visual indication of potentially damaging heat exposure throughout the product lifespan based upon a gradual, irreversible color change of the active portion of the TTI in comparison to the reference portion of the indicator. Its THI product is intended for use to monitor heat exposure during shipping and short-term storage of products that are sensitive to temperature excursions above 8°C.

 

TEMPTIME is a privately held international company with its headquarters in Morris Plains, New Jersey and offices in Paris, France and London, England. It is committed to high-level quality standards including ISO 9001:2000 and Good Manufacturing Practices. TEMPTIME maintains over 30 patents and a scientific and technical staff dedicated to improving its existing products and developing new products. The Company produces and ships hundreds of millions of TTI's each year.