Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ:ASTC) has announced that the Company's Board of Directors has appointed John Porter as their’s Chief Financial Officer on a permanent basis, effective July 21, 2009.

Mr. Porter, a Senior Vice President of the Company, has been serving as Interim CFO since the resignation of Brian K. Harrington on June 4, 2009. Prior to joining the Company in October 2008, Mr. Porter co-founded Arabella Securities, an investment firm that specialized in providing trading services and equity research on small-cap companies to institutional investors. Mr. Porter previously served as Director of Business Development for Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) and as an analyst in the global equity research division of Salomon Smith Barney.