Flights Of Fancy On her trampoline, Ramsey "can make connections that I wouldn't normally make. It's when I have my 'aha' moments."
Tiny Whirlwind At Ecology Coatings, chemist Sally Ramsey is creating liquid solids based in nanotechnology that cure almost instantly, without emissions.
In 2003, Ramsey met Richard D. Stromback, a young entrepreneur (he started a technology staffing outfit, which did well, and an Internet sports portal, which didn't) who subsequently bought a controlling interest in her company and took over as chairman. Now Stromback is in the middle of raising capital through an alternative public offering, or APO, in which Ecology Coatings merges with OCIS, a publicly traded "shell" company.
It's a funding strategy that is sometimes problematic. But if it pans out, Ecology could shift from strictly research to the development of commercial applications. It could start manufacturing products based on the waterproof-paper technology. It also could make Ramsey a very contented scientist. "My dream is to have an inventor's workshop where we apply the technology to all kinds of products that have useful applications," she says. "And I certainly would hope it helps clean up our world."
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