Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 3, 2001

Shelby Brewer – Commodore Applied Technologies Inc (cxi)

SHELBY T. BREWER was elected Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc., in January 2001. Commodore is a publicly traded firm (American Stock Exchange) engaged in environmental remediation, financial services and chemical weapons destruction. Mr. Brewer is the Founder and President of S. Brewer Enterprises, Inc., a consulting firm founded in 1996 to serve the manufacturing, engineering and financial services industries. The firm is engaged in support of mergers and acquisitions, arranging private and public financing, formation of joint ventures abroad, re- engineering/repositioning established companies, and assisting the formation of new technology enterprises. Prior to joining Commodore he was President and Chief Executive Officer of ABB Combustion Engineering Nuclear Power from 1985 to 1995. Mr. Brewer was Assistant Secretary of Energy from 1981 to 1984. He currently serves on the Boards of BlackLight Power Corporation, U.S. Global Foundation, Nurescell, Inc., and Commodore Applied Technologies. Mr. Brewer served in the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer from 1961 to 1964. He has a PhD and MS in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Humanities from Columbia University. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch and an overview of

Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc.?

Dr. Brewer: The company was taken public in 1996 and one of their first

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