The Coretec Group Inc. named Katie Merx its Vice President of Communications. Merx will have overall responsibility for The Coretec Group's global communications, including brand messaging, corporate and financial communications, executive support, and media relations. Merx has more than 20 years of experience as a Pulitzer Prize-awarded journalist and executive adviser.

She has crafted and executed communications strategies for Fortune 50 companies and startups in the automotive, advanced technology, and energy industries, including for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Owens Corning.