Thin Battery Technologies Selects Peter J. Kuzma as Vice President of Business Development

CLEVELAND–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thin Battery Technologies, Inc., the leading producer of thin, flexible, printed power source solutions, today announced that it has hired Peter J. Kuzma. As Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Kuzma will be responsible for leading Thin Battery’s sales initiatives in existing and emerging markets.

Prior to joining Thin Battery, Kuzma served as Vice President of Business Development for RCD Technologies, a Pennsylvania based RFID company. Kuzma’s experience includes a strong electronics background coupled with 10 years business development experience within the RFID industry at Avery Dennison and X-ident. He also has prior operations and process/product development experience in the paper and converting industries with P&G and Avery Dennison. He holds a BSEE degree from Drexel University, an MBA from Scranton University, and second Master’s in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.

According to Gary R. Johnson, President and Chief Executive, “Thin Battery brings robust, production proven technology and a uniquely efficient business model to providing power sources for the emerging printed electronics sector. Pete Kuzma’s exceptional business development background coupled with his deep knowledge of the technology and business will enable us to partner with applications developers to bring to market their concepts for innovative new products based on printed electronics.”

John Gannon, General Partner of Series A lead investor SunBridge Partners, said, “We are excited about the tremendous potential of Thin Battery’s power sources as an enabler of many new applications in the printed electronics sector. Pete Kuzma is an exceptionally experienced and successful business development professional and I am confident that his addition to the team will quickly lead the company to the highest levels of market success.”

About Thin Battery Technologies, Inc.

Thin Battery Technologies, Inc. is the leading supplier of thin, flexible, printed power solutions. Thin Battery’s products are integrated into innovative solutions created by the leading developers of RFID, RF-linked sensors, transdermal patches, and other thin, flexible, electronics. Providing eco-friendly power sources to printed electronics systems, the TBT leadership team combines a track record of entrepreneurial accomplishment with deep domain experience in printing and high volume, low cost batteries. The technical team is rooted in battery development and has over 250 years of battery design, development, and production experience. Based on a patent estate acquired from the Eveready Battery Company (now Energizer), Thin Battery is expanding its portfolio of products, technology and applications to create market changing solutions.