Mascoma Appoints Brady as Chief Executive Officer

Mascoma Corporation on Jan. 7 announced the appointment of William J. Brady as the new chief executive officer, effective immediately. Brady will also join the boards of directors of Mascoma and Frontier Renewable Resources, LLC.

With 23 years of experience at Cabot Corporation, a chemical industry leader, Brady is poised to lead Mascoma into full commercial operations.

"I am delighted to introduce Bill Brady as the new CEO of Mascoma and to work closely with him on achieving our goal of full-scale commercial production of cellulosic ethanol," stated Bruce Jamerson, chair of Mascoma and Frontier Renewable Resources, LLC.

Until assuming his new role, Brady served as executive vice president and general manager of several operating division, leading business units from technical development through successful commercialization, as well as managing global capital-intensive businesses and developing strategic relationships with large global customers.

He has a master's in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a degree in chemistry from University of Scranton.

Brady will work with the team to help achieve Mascoma's technical and commercial milestones, including continuing to reduce costs for ethanol produced from cellulosic feedstocks, developing additional partnerships for the company's commercial-scale ethanol project in Kinross Township, Mich., and creating strategic joint ventures to commercialize the Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) technology for production of advanced biofuels and chemicals.

Mascoma Corporation on Jan. 7 announced the appointment of William J. Brady as the new chief executive officer, effective immediately. Brady will also join the boards of directors of Mascoma and Frontier Renewable Resources, LLC.

With 23 years of experience at Cabot Corporation, a chemical industry leader, Brady is poised to lead Mascoma into full commercial operations.

"I am delighted to introduce Bill Brady as the new CEO of Mascoma and to work closely with him on achieving our goal of full-scale commercial production of cellulosic ethanol," stated Bruce Jamerson, chair of Mascoma and Frontier Renewable Resources, LLC.

Until assuming his new role, Brady served as executive vice president and general manager of several operating division, leading business units from technical development through successful commercialization, as well as managing global capital-intensive businesses and developing strategic relationships with large global customers.

He has a master's in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a degree in chemistry from University of Scranton.

Brady will work with the team to help achieve Mascoma's technical and commercial milestones, including continuing to reduce costs for ethanol produced from cellulosic feedstocks, developing additional partnerships for the company's commercial-scale ethanol project in Kinross Township, Mich., and creating strategic joint ventures to commercialize the Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) technology for production of advanced biofuels and chemicals.

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