STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- (Business Wire)
Applied
DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the company,” NASDAQ:APDN) is
pleased to announce that MeiLin
Wan, Vice President of Textiles, received a 2017 Outstanding 50
Asian Americans in Business Award at the organization’s 16th
annual dinner gala in New York City on June 20th.
The
Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award Gala includes a
wide array of Asian ethnicities that represent a microcosm of elite
Asian American business owners, professionals and corporate executives
across the United States. The award committee identifies and selects
outstanding leaders who have built a successful business or who have
distinguished themselves in their community.
Recognized for her contributions to secure supply chain solutions and
services to assure quality and enable responsible sourcing practices for
textile customers globally, Wan’s work fulfills the promise of “keeping
textiles real and safe.” She has more than 25 years of experience in the
biotechnology, consumer products, and personal care industries,
specializing in marketing, sales, strategic and international management.
Today, Wan is actively working to initiate new platforms such as
CertainT™ to safeguard supply chains against product recalls and
liability, while maintaining profitability and market differentiation.
From 2014 to present, Wan has led Applied DNA’s efforts to tag, test,
and trace over 160 million pounds of U.S. grown cotton, resulting in the
launch of products sold under the PimaCott® brand in over
1,700 stores throughout the United States and Canada.
In addition, she leads the team for creating and driving commercial
strategies to develop innovative textile applications in synthetics,
recycled cellulosic, rayon, wool, cashmere, silk and many other fiber,
yarn and fabric products. Focusing on excellence in marketing, sales,
and customer service, Wan is the key business manager for multinational
partners and clients including Himatsingka, Loftex, Louis Dreyfus
Company, Martin Guitar, Nissha Printing Company, Solvay, and other
Fortune 500 companies.
“MeiLin has been such an asset to our team,” said Dr. James Hayward,
president and CEO of Applied DNA. “She has brought a real creative force
to our science, pushing our innovations forward and growing our textile
business, which is instrumental in the growth of our company. We are
very proud of her work and congratulate her on this great honor.”
The 2017 award gala cumulatively has honored over 700 successful Asian
Americans representing over 50 industries and professions. In
recognizing this year’s role models from the Asian American business
community, John Wang, president of Asian American Business Development
Center (AABDC) also highlighted the emergence of the New Majority as
America’s ethnic minorities are poised to become the biggest combined
demographic bloc in coming years.
“We’re proud to honor high-achieving Asian Americans in business, and
excited to join with Latinos and African Americans to form the new
Mainstream Economy,” said Wang.
Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC)
The Asian
American Business Development Center, Inc. is a 501(c) (3)
non-profit organization established in 1994. It assists Asian American
businesses in strengthening their capacity to compete in the mainstream
market, to expand business opportunities and to promote recognition of
Asian American businesses' contributions to the general economy.
About Applied DNA
Applied DNA is a provider of DNA-based supply chain security,
anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technology, product genotyping and
DNA mass production for diagnostics and therapeutics.
Wemake life real and safe by providing innovative,
molecular-based technology solutions and services that can help protect
products, brands, entire supply chains, and intellectual property of
companies, governments and consumers from theft, counterfeiting, fraud
and diversion. The proprietary DNA-based “CertainT™” platform can be
used to identify, tag, track, and trace products, to help assure
authenticity, origin, traceability and quality of products. SigNature®
DNA describes the core technology ingredient that is at the heart of a
family of uncopyable, security and authentication solutions such as
SigNature® T and fiberTyping®, targeted toward textiles and apparel,
BackTrac™ and DNAnet®, for anti-theft and loss prevention, and
digitalDNA®, providing powerful track- and-trace. All provide a forensic
chain of evidence, and can be used to prosecute perpetrators. Applied
DNA Sciences is also engaged in the large-scale production of specific
DNA sequences using the polymerase chain reaction.
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