Mr. Pickens, a member of the Company's Board
of Directors since 2003, became President and Chief Executive
Officer in January 2007 and was appointed to the Chairman position in 2008. He is also the Managing Partner
and Founder of Tactic Advisors, Inc., a company specializing
in corporate turnarounds on behalf of creditors and investors
that have aggregated to over $20 billion in value. Concurrently,
he is President of T.B. Pickens & Co. which has acted
as both advisor and principal of corporate acquisitions now
totaling over $10 billion and numerous transactions.
Throughout
his professional career, Mr. Pickens has founded and served
as Chairman and CEO for many companies during the startup,
growth, and turnaround phases of a company's lifecycle,
with an emphasis in value creation. From 1983 to date, Mr.
Pickens has been the Founder and President of Beta Computer
Systems; Managing Partner, Grace Pickens Acquisition Partners,
L.P.; Managing Partner, Sumter Partners L.P.; Chairman and
CEO of Catalyst Energy Corporation (NYSE); Chairman, United
Thermal Corporation (NYSE); President, Golden Bear Corporation;
President, Slate Creek Corporation; President, Eury Dam Corporation;
Chairman, Century Power Corporation; President, Vidalia
Hydroelectric Corporation; Managing Partner, Pickens Capital
Income Fund, L.P.; Chairman, The Code Corporation; and President,
U.S. Utilities, Inc.
Mr. Pickens has also served in the capacity
representing the Office of the Chairman, Mirant Equity
Committee (NYSE) and Director, Optifab, Inc. (NASDAQ). He
is currently Director, Trenwick America Corporation and Director,
Advocate MD.
About SPACEHAB, Inc.
SPACEHAB is a commercial and entrepreneurial force in the
space industry providing a full spectrum of products and services
to both the government and private sectors. The Company offers
space access and payload integration services, production
of valuable commercial products in space, spacecraft pre-launch
processing facilities and services, development and extension
of space-based products to the consumer market, and program
and engineering support ranging from development and manufacturing
of flight hardware to large scale government project management.
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