KENNEWICK, Wash., Aug. 22, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Manakoa Services Corporation (OTCBB:MKOS), a security technology company, has appointed Adrian Butash of Adrian Inc. as the company's senior sales and marketing consultant to bring its anti-counterfeiting DNA, optical technology and RFID products to the global marketplace.
Butash has considerable expertise in security marketing, brand protection and has extensive contacts with major U.S. and foreign corporations, governments and security agencies. In the security sector, he has high-level contacts in the pharmaceutical, beauty and luxury products, automotive, fine art and collectibles industries, as well as the leading OEM security packaging corporations. An experienced public relations and investor relations professional, Butash will assist Manakoa in increasing shareholder value with investor relations programs and contacts with Wall Street.
A New York- and Los Angeles-based marketing professional with a 25-year career with Fortune 100 corporations via his marketing firm, Adrian Inc., in addition to security, his experience encompasses marketing, brand definition, packaging design, advertising, media, and public relations programs for blue-chip corporations in fragrance, cosmetics, fashion, retail, media and the medical fields.
Chris Outwater, President of Manakoa, said, "Adrian adds a new dimension to Manakoa's ability to penetrate key government and corporate sectors. He knows the security business and is an excellent ambassador for our expanding line of security products."
Butash said, "Major corporations and government agencies need a layered suite of covert security technologies to interdict crime, defeat anti-counterfeiting, maintain supply chain integrity and provide brand protection. Manakoa's forensic DNA, optical markers, instant readers, and RFID technologies, with their fully integrated software/IT systems, are the ideal corruption firewall, which enables corporations to save many millions of dollars from theft, delivering these savings to the bottom line, thereby improving their ROI. Product integrity enhances brand loyalty, consumer goodwill and provides reassurance to investors."
Butash has produced corporate marketing successes for blue-chip clients including; Time Magazine, Elizabeth Arden, Brentano's, Levi Strauss, Foster Grant, Takasago Fragrances, Cooper Companies/CooperVision, Sea & Ski, Brown Retail Specialty Group, Dunlop, Nexxus Haircare, Oxford Industries, the Celanese Corp., and Hoechst A.G.
Butash is a director of the Color Association of the United States, the world's foremost color authority group. He was Executive Director of the prestigious M. Knoedler & Co fine art gallery. A published author, magazine publisher, and TV producer, he is a graduate of Fordham University, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
About Manakoa Services Corporation
Manakoa is a developer and supplier of DNA marking and optical security technology for high-value products and brand names that are under siege by counterfeiters. Manakoa provides risk management consulting through product authentication and advanced worldwide tag and trace technologies and that provide manufacturers with supply chain fidelity for their products from point of manufacture to final sale.
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