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The only member of the scientific advisory board who is also a part of the corporation’s management. His formal education lies in the fields of economics and law. He received his B.A. in Applied Economics from James Madison College at Michigan State University.
1. Management Team of Kraig Biocraft Laboratories
As the CEO of the company, Kim Thompson is the only member of the
scientific advisory board who is also a part of the corporation’s
management. His formal education lies in the fields of economics and law.
He received his B.A. in Applied Economics from James Madison College at
Michigan State University. He received his Juris Doctorate from the
University of Michigan Law School in 1994.
Mr. Thompson founded Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. in his pursuit of
the development of new biotechnologies with industrial applications. The
spider silk production platform invented by Mr. Thompson is, in concept,
scalable and very cost effective. The Company was founded to develop this
technology in collaboration with leading university scientists.
2. As chairman of the scientific advisory board, he brings a unique perspective,
and acts as the primary liaison between the advisory board and the
corporation.
Mr. Thompson brings a wealth of experience in business management and
consultation to Kraig. Following the completion of his undergraduate degree,
Mr. Thompson joined California Craftsman, Inc. as a Vice-President with
primary responsibility for both financial operations and marketing.
Kim Thompson was the director of business development at Franchise
Venture Partners, LLC. He subsequently joined the firm of Shearson,
Lehman, and Hutton where he specialized in equity trading and research of
small-cap companies. Mr. Thompson received the highest series seven score
for all Shearson brokers in his class nationwide. His experience in those
small-cap equity markets has proven to be invaluable both in his legal and
business successes.
Prior to becoming a public company CEO, Mr. Thompson was the founder
and senior litigation partner in a California commercial law firm where he
worked as corporate and litigation counsel to privately held and public
companies. His many accomplishments in corporate law include winning and
collecting in full what his firm believes to have been the largest award of
lost profits in a California commercial arbitration up to that time. An
important part of his work was winning victories on behalf of corporate
clients in disputes over intellectual property and distribution rights. He has
represented business clients ranging from small start-ups and micro-caps to
Fortune 100 companies.
With a background in business leadership and in advising public and private
corporations, Kim Thompson continues to bring a unique perspective to the
successful management of business. His extensive business and legal
background enables him to create practical solutions to business problems
and seize opportunities for growth.
3. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Triple Nine Societies for persons with
documented genius level IQs (having tested above the 99.9th percentile).
He is also active in the realm of science and invention where he has to his
credit a number of provisional patent applications, including innovations in
the areas of biotechnology, organic polymers, genetic engineering, spider silk
production and magnetic field manipulation, among others.
Mr. Rice has over 13 years’ experience growing development stage businesses
with a focus on technology development, commercialization, and go to
market strategies. Mr. Rice holds a B.S. in Chemical engineering from
Michigan Technological University and a Masters of Business Administration
from the Eli Broad College of Business: Michigan State University.
Prior to joining Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Mr. Rice was the Director of
Advanced Technologies for Ultra Electronics, AMI. In this role, Mr. Rice
was responsible for the identification, capture, and execution of new
technology programs. During his tenure with AMI, Rice secured more than
twenty five million dollars in funded development programs from the US
Department of Defense which his team successfully leveraged into
commercially viable spinoff products. Mr. Rice was also responsible for
technical sales, marketing, and promotion of AMI’s products and
4. capabilities. Rice joined AMI as the third full time employee and helped to
lead the organization through its rapid growth and ultimate acquisition by
Ultra Electronics in 2011.
Earlier in his career Mr. Rice developed unique advanced manufacturing
techniques, established and trained a production staff, led engineering
development, authored numerous technical papers, and is a recognized
subject matter expert. Mr. Rice holds 5 issued patents and numerous
provisional patents.