April 2006
(April, 2006 – Pocasset, MA) Hydroid LLC announced today that they have recently hired Wayne Gonsalves for the position of Production Manager. Wayne has over twenty-five years of experience in manufacturing of complex oceanographic instruments and systems. He brings a solid background in the implementation and support of Lean Manufacturing processes.
He was most recently with Teledyne Benthos Inc., where he was employed as their Technical Product Line Leader. Wayne has held previous positions supervising QA, testing, and trouble shooting activities for a range of products that included microwave, digital and analog technologies.
Commenting on the hiring of Mr. Gonsalves Hydroid’s president and CEO Christopher von Alt stated, “Hydroid is pleased to welcome Wayne to our growing staff. Wayne’s solid background in manufacturing supervision, and specifically with Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing, will greatly assist Hydroid during the implementation of these processes into REMUS manufacturing. ”
Hydroid LLC holds the exclusive license from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the manufacture and further development of the REMUS Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology.
For further information contact Kevin McCarthy, Vice President of Marketing at Hydroid at Tel 508-563-6565, e-mail [email protected].
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