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St. John’s, Newfoundland – September 15, 2008 – Marport, a leading subsea acoustics technology company, has appointed Peter Gross to the position of Senior Product Manager, Search & Survey Sonar. Peter will operate from Vancouver, British Columbia from where he will be responsible for analyzing and understanding search and survey sonar market needs, developing product requirements, executing product roadmaps, conducting competitive analysis and creating strong market positioning. He will also serve as Senior Product Manager for AquaPix™ - Marport’s upcoming multibeam swath bathymetry sonar.
Karl Kenny, Marport President & CEO said, “Marport continues to be a leading developer of Software Defined Sonar® technology. As such, we welcome a sonar expert such as Peter to the Marport team. In addition to strategic planning, his expertise will provide enhanced product development and customer support in a variety of new search and survey sonar applications.”
Peter has over 15 years of experience in the sonar industry, serving in hardware and software development, strategic business development and marketing. His area of specialization is underwater acoustics, with emphasis on active/passive sonar, acoustical positioning, underwater telemetry, transducer modeling and software engineering. He was founder and President of Muse Research Inc., a developer of sidescan, sub bottom profiling, and multi spectral sonar image processing systems to the defense and commercial survey industry. Peter graduated from Ryerson University in 1988 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and received his Masters degree in Physics from Queen’s University in 1993. Peter is very pleased to be working in the exuberant atmosphere of Marport, and promises to refrain from getting excessively excited when talking about sonar technology at dinner parties.
About Marport
Marport is a pioneering developer of Software Defined Sonar technology (SDS) technology - an adaptive, future-proof solution for underwater sensing and communications. Marport designs and manufactures advanced SDS solutions for subsea resource exploration and utilization in commercial fisheries, offshore energy, science and military markets. For more information, visit www.marport.com
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For more information about this media release, please contact:
Marport Canada Inc.
Glenda Leyte
Marketing Manager
St. John’s, Newfoundland
+709.757.5757, extension 242
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