Entrepreneurs / Small Business  September 1, 2015

Surna promotes Stephen Keen to president, CEO

BOULDER — Surna Inc. (OTCQB: SRNA), a Boulder-based tech company that engineers equipment for controlled-environment agriculture with expertise in cannabis cultivation, announced Tuesday that it has promoted Stephen Keen as its president and chief executive.

Keen

Keen, who had been the company’s vice president of research and development, replaces Tae Darnell, who was serving as interim president and CEO after Bryon Jorgenson left the post earlier this year.

In 2007, Keen founded Hydro Innovations LLC to design and develop liquid-cooled technologies for hobby cultivators. Hydro Innovations was acquired by Surna in 2014.

In a prepared statement, Keen said he was honored by the appointment and excited to lead Surna during a period of rapid growth.

“I will be focusing on profitability as my top priority, including commercializing the groundbreaking products that my team and I developed while I was VP of Research and Development,” Keen said. “As a shareholder, I see nothing more important to Surna’s success than these two priorities.”

Darnell remains on the company’s board of directors.

BOULDER — Surna Inc. (OTCQB: SRNA), a Boulder-based tech company that engineers equipment for controlled-environment agriculture with expertise in cannabis cultivation, announced Tuesday that it has promoted Stephen Keen as its president and chief executive.

Keen

Keen, who had been the company’s vice president of research and development, replaces Tae Darnell, who was serving as interim president and CEO after Bryon Jorgenson left the post earlier this year.

In 2007, Keen founded Hydro Innovations LLC to design and develop liquid-cooled technologies for hobby cultivators.…

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