SAN DIEGO, Jan. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world's largest producers of renewable solutions from algae, today announced that Dr. Jim Astwood has joined the company as senior vice president of product management. In this role, he will lead several of Sapphire's expanded business development efforts, with a near-term focus on applying its renewable algae-based technology to address a growing need for reliable sources of human nutraceuticals, animal/aquaculture feed, and more.read more