Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 2, 2006
MEDIA SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 1-16053 | 87-0475073 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
8 Allerman Road, Oakland, New Jersey 07436
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 677-9311
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On May 2, 2006, we appointed Willem van Rijn, age 57, to our Board of Directors.
Mr. van Rijn has been Senior Advisor to the founder and management committee of Capco, an international operations and technology consulting and solutions firm, since 2002. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. van Rijn was a Senior Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, and its predecessor firm Coopers & Lybrand, where he served as the Managing Partner of the Japanese financial services consulting practice from 1998 to 2002, and of the global strategy and financial risk management consulting practices from 1995 to 1998. Mr. van Rijn’s business experience includes: President of Rhode Island-based Gtech International (a division of Gtech Corporation), a provider of state and national lottery technology, outsourcing, software and professional services, from 1994-1995; Partner in the New York office of Coopers & Lybrand from 1990 to 1994; Partner at Bank Street Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, from 1986 to 1990; Senior Vice President in charge of international banking activities in the United States for Bank of America from 1981 to 1986; Corporate Treasurer and member of the Managing Committee for global window covering and machine tooling company Hunter Douglas NV from 1976 to 1981; and Vice President, Account Manager of large accounts for commercial banking services, based in The Netherlands, for Bank of America from 1971 to 1976.
As an independent member of our Board of Directors, Mr. van Rijn will serve on Board committees, as determined by our Board of Directors. The determination of committee membership will be made at our next Board meeting.
Mr. van Rijn has served on the Board of Directors of Computer Horizons Corporation, a Nasdaq-quoted technology staffing firm, since 2005. Mr. van Rijn is not a director of other reporting companies, is not associated with another director by family relationships, and has not during the past five years been: involved in a bankruptcy petition or a pending criminal proceeding; convicted in a criminal proceeding excluding traffic and minor offenses; subject to any order, judgment, or decree, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; or found by a court, the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MEDIA SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Date: May 2, 2006 | By: /s/ Michael W. Levin Michael W. Levin, President |