On January 20, 2015, the board of directors of Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. appointed Mr. Jonathan R. Rice as its Chief Operating Officer. Jonathan R. Rice had worked at Ultra Electronics, Adaptive Materials Inc. At UEA, he worked as the Director of Advanced Technologies since 2002, where he was responsible for new products development and commercialization. He was also the Corporate Facility Security Officer for UEA since 2006, where Mr. Rice ensured UEA's compliance with federal regulations under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual and completed its annual security audit. During 2004 through 2007 while working as an Engineering Manager at UEA, Mr. Rice, among other things, led the design and development of multiple fuel cell and power management systems, established a team to identify and eliminate production and performance limitation, authored technical progress and final reports for customers and provided training to military personnel on use of fuel cell systems.
Mr. Rice is currently studying for his Masters of Business Administration at Michigan State University and expects to graduate in 2016.