Purafil, Inc. Hires Director of Business Development

Online, January 18, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Purafil welcomes Thomas Ramsey as the newest member of the Purafil executive team. Mr. Ramsey has joined Purafil Inc. as the Director of Business Development.

Mr. Ramsey has more than 30 years of global experience in marketing, sales and business development of high technology filtration and separations products to industrial, healthcare, consumer, and laboratory markets. In his new role at Purafil, he will focus on the development of strategic business relationships and commercializing Purafil products and services within a newly formed business unit identified as Purafil Scientific, and across the company.

Prior to joining Purafil, Mr. Ramsey spent eleven years with Porex Corporation as Vice President of Marketing for the Porous Products Group, and he served as Vice President and General Manager for the Porex Filtration Division where he focused on optimizing global business opportunities. He has also worked with Pall Corporation, where his positions included Director of Sales and Marketing for their Industrial Fluids Microfiltration division and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for their Pall Medical division.

Mr. Ramsey holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. His professional affiliations have included the Parenteral Drug Association, the Michigan Medical Device Association, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, the North American Membrane Society, and the American Filtration and Separations Society, where he served as Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors. He holds multiple patents in the area of filtration and porous media technology.