George Coates

Experience

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  Coates International, Ltd.

  Jan 1988 - now

  President & CEO

  George J. Coates is our founder and served from organization of our Company until October 2006 as a director of our Company, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thereafter, he was employed by us in a non-executive position, and was considered by us as to be a significant employee. Effective March 2007, Mr. Coates assumed the position of Chairman of our Board. He replaced his son Gregory Coates who continues to serve as a Director and President, Technology Division. Mr. Coates was also appointed Chief Executive Officer and President at that time. George J. Coates served two apprenticeships in Europe while attending the College of Technology in London, and as an associate member of Society of Automotive Engineers (S.A.E.) He received The City and Guilds of London for electrical and mechanical engineering. He is a former management director of SCR Motor Engineers of Europe and holds the certificate of Ministry of Transport in the United Kingdom. He worked as an engineer for Rolls Royce and Mercedes Benz, BLMC, Austin, and D. Napier. He holds approximately 300 patents worldwide on innovations and technologies, including the Coates rotary valve system and a turbine engine, among others. He invented coolant disc brakes and a hydraulic suspension. He has delivered lectures and presentations at: RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He is a member of the Society of Mechanical Engineers and S.A.E. He received awards in 1995 for achievement in designs in automotive engineering from the S.A.E. He also received awards in 2001 for outstanding achievements in Mechanical engineering from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Coates has extensive experience in international corporate business and has developed many long time associates and contacts in the business and scientific communities around the world. Show less