Replies to post #2104 on Quantum Materials Corp. (fka QTMM)

[crunch55]

Wouldn't it be interesting if this hire relates to the press release I posted .

The Asian Development Bank launched a $9 billion solar power initiative to develop projects generating 3,000 megawatts by 2012.

The announcement, which came at the regional lending agency’s annual meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, said that Central Asian countries would be prime candidates for sharing the projects.

[puravida19]

Both Mr. Ando and Mr. Robinson hired by
Solterra (solar) rather than QMC (T-QDots).
Both hires for Business Development in the
core markets for panels and QD. Both have
over 20 years experience in their field and
in their regional market. Sales is the
Solterra's top priority. They must have a
product, one that surpasses the benchmarks.
Still no separate hires for QMC. QMC is the
parent company, but is largely inactive in
the structure without a head man. Both new
hires could lead their own sales teams. It
is interesting that Mr. Robinson will be
primarily solar panel sales to the Mideast
but Mr. Ando will have just as much T-QD
sales to initiate as solar panel sales.
Note: this is all IMHO and supposition.
Do your own DD before you invest.

Mr. Ando's experience is with electronics
as was Mr. Robinson, both selling hardware.
Solar technology is simple to explain in
comparison with electronic devices. Both
can explain the advantages of higher quality
and less expense in a product in terms that
the client will be able to understand.

The LinkedIn recommendations praise his
abilities in understanding the client.
He has both management, sales and consultant
experience, with technical sales to large
corporations. I would be interested to know
how many Asian languages he knows.

It's interesting that the PR stresses Mr. Ando's
experience creating Strategic Alliances. I have
seen a trend in the solar industry recently in that
American Companies do not build their own factories
in Asia, but partner with local established companies
by sub-licensing technology or joint venture. China
still heavily subsidizes its Solar industry and would
be hard to compete in at this time. It would possibly
be easy to find a struggling Japanese/Taiwan/Korean/
or especially Malaysian solar panel company with a good organizational
structure and pipeline and align with them to convert
to production of Solterra Solar Panels. If they were
a listed company on the Shanghai Exchange for example,
there could be a merger and exchange of stock there.

But "Strategic Alliances" first means building joint
ventures with major corporations, and that is the
biggest possibility.

With their extensive
experience in the Middle East and Far East, both
can rely on contacts made over two decades to get in
the door.My guess is that the Business Development
function would be to initiate contact, get to the
top people and open doors for Mr. Squires and Glass
to come in and close the deal.