ChromaDex Corp. (CDXC)

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ChromaDex Names Will T. Black to its Executive Team as Vice President, Sales and Marketing

IRVINE, Calif., May 16, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChromaDex Corp. (NASDAQ:CDXC), an innovator of proprietary health, wellness, and nutritional ingredients, that creates science-based solutions to dietary supplement, food and beverage, skin care, sports nutrition, and pharmaceutical products, announced today that Will Black has joined the company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Black has held multiple leadership positions in the nutrition and health industry over the last 25 years. Most recently, Black was COO of Natreon, Inc., a New Jersey-based botanical ingredient company. Prior to Natreon, he held executive positions as global head of marketing and VP of marketing and communications at DSM Nutritional Products, in Basel, Switzerland and Parsippany, NJ respectively. Before DSM, Black held senior sales, marketing, business development and strategy development positions at The Solae Company, the initial nutritional ingredient business group of the DuPont Company.

Commenting about the appointment, Black said, “I have known ChromaDex and have followed their impressive growth and success for a number of years. I am very excited and proud to join their leadership team and look forward to working with the rest of the dedicated management team at ChromaDex and their Board.”

Frank Jaksch, Co-Founder and CEO commented, “We are delighted to have Will as part of the ChromaDex team to help lead our future growth initiatives. His business experience and background are a great fit with our science and evidence-based culture and professional approach to the nutrition and health industry.”