Rick Cooper Joins DMFCC as President and COO

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corp. (DMFCC, Pasadena, CA) announced that Rick Cooper has joined the company as Interim President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously CEO of the US division of Xcellsis GmbH, the joint venture of Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Vancouver, BC), DaimlerChrysler Corp. (Auburn Hills, MI) and Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI), Cooper has built a team of 175 people along with world-class research and manufacturing facilities for the development of fuel cell power systems for automotive applications.