Aries Electronics (Frenchtown, NJ), an international manufacturer of standard, programmed, and custom interconnection products,saysthat CanaREP (Vancouver BC) has joined Aries’ representative network, covering the entire nation of Canada. CanaRep represents a number of OEM electronics components manufacturers throughout the region.
Belden (St. Louis, MI), a manufacturer of high-speed electronic cables, including connectivity products, has named Naresh Kumra as vice president Business Development. Kumra has been an associate principal at McKinsey & Company, of Stamford, CT since 1999, where he was responsible for co-leadership of private equity and growth/innovation practices. He also worked for Schlumberger Industries in New Delhi, India, and Poitiers, France, as a software engineer, manufacturing manager, and product line manager. Kumra will focus on organic growth opportunities and lead a systematic approach to acquisitions.
ATX (Ontario, Canada), a manufacturer for the cable television industry, has appointed Larry Enterline to the position of non-executive chairman of the board. Enterline is currently CEO of COMSYS IT Partners, (CITP on Nasdaq), a leading information technology services company. In addition, ATX has promoted Joanne DeBartolo to vice president, operations, and her appointment to the ATX executive management committee. In her capacity as vice president, operations, Joanne will report directly to the president and CEO.
 Rita Mohanty |
Speedline Technologies (Franklin, MA), a manufacturer of product solutions for the electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging industries, has named Dr. Rita Mohanty to lead Speedline’s Advanced Development Group (ADG), a team of engineers and resources dedicated to the research and development of technological and process innovations in SMT manufacturing and PCB assembly.
 Brian Coombes |
B&L Coaxial Connections (Ontario, Canada), a designer and manufacturer of coaxial connectors servicing the broadcast and cable industries, has named Brian Coombes as sales manager.
 Rick Yates |
Bogatin Enterprises (Olathe, KS), provider of online lectures, Master Class workshops, and company-wide site licenses for world-wide training, has named Rick Yates as sales manager. For the last five years Yates had been director of sales for TDA Systems where he managed both U.S. sales and international distribution. As part of the merger with Tektronix in June 2005, Yates managed the transition of TDA Systems sales and distribution partnerships into Tektronix own direct sales force worldwide.
 Donald Hunt |
Mark-10 (Copiague, NY), a designer and manufacturer of force gauges, torque gauges, test stands, and gripping fixtures, has appointed Donald Hunt as its new sales manager.
 Gordon Fischer |
Henkel (Irvine, CA), a provider of compatible material sets for semiconductor packaging, board-level assembly, and advanced soldering solutions, has appointed Dr. Gordon Fischer to the position of vice president of sales, marketing, and technical service for the Americas. In his new role, Dr. Fischer will lead the Americas sales team, as well as manage and direct the company’s strategic marketing initiatives of Henkel’s semiconductor and printed circuit board assembly products.
Focal Spot (San Diego, CA), a provider of BGA/SMT inspection and rework solutions to the SMT electronic manufacturers industry, has added David Phillips as operations manager and Rolando Asuncion as production manger.
 Glenn Wyllie |
ViTechnology (Anaheim, CA), a global supplier of equipment and services to the electronics industry, has appointed Glenn Wyllie as its Eastern region manager. Wyllie, a 20-year veteran of the electronics field, will be responsible for sales and service for the eastern region extending from Canada to Puerto Rico. He moves into the newly created position after serving the company as a technical sales engineer since 1999.
 Lem Agustin |
CDM Electronics (Turnersville, NJ) has promoted Lemuel “Lem” Agustin from international sales representative to the newly created position of value-added product specialist. In this new position, Agustin’s responsibilities will include working with customers and prospects on technical matters pertaining to all aspects of cable assembly and wire harness design and development, as well as overseeing product support and training initiatives. Agustin has also been charged with focusing on assembly design challenges associated with RF flexible and semi-rigid cable assemblies for a variety of mission-critical applications.
 Clay Feustel |
Clay Feustel has been named senior applications engineer at Trompeter Electronics (Mesa, AZ), taking a leading role in the definition and development of new products for specific applications within the telecom, CATV, FTTx, broadcast and other markets supported by the Mesa, AZ unit of Stratos International. Feustel has spent many years in the telecom and optical connectivity industry, most recently as a tech manager in strategic marketing and development for OFS, and earlier for Avaya, Lucent Technologies, and AT&T (Bell Labs). Trompeter, a wholly owned division of Stratos International, manufactures RF interconnect products, including RF connectors, cross-connects, patching, cable assemblies, and related tools.
 Kenny Cui |
ERNI (Midlothian, VA), a global manufacturer of a broad line of interconnect solutions, has named Kenny Cui to head the company’s office in Beijing-it’s third and newest office in China. With a rapidly developing career in sales of electronics components and systems, Cui will be exploring business opportunities with R&D engineers, and providing the company’s customers in northern China with technical support and services.
 Jim Messina |
Singer/songwriter and engineer/producer Jim Messina has connected with audio connector manufacturer Neutrik (Lakewood, NJ), choosing the company’s NPPA 96 Bantam (TT) jacks for audio production on upcoming projects. Most noted for his work with music industry veteran Kenny Loggins, Messina is using Neutrik’s NPPA-TT-E56 Bantam, a compact patching system for 19-inch rack-mounting. Housed in a black-coated steel shell, the system features an “Easy Patch” patch panel 2x48 TT (Bantam) jacks, and half normaled 6x56 pole EDAC male connectors.
Kevin Marcondes has been named operations manager for fiberoptic connectorization manufacturer KITCO Fiber Optics (Virginia Beach, VA). He joined the company last year and has served as buyer. Before joining KITCO, Marcondes was production manager for Acculaser Technologies (Fall River, MA). He holds a BS in business management/operations from the University of Massachusetts.
