■ Jeff Baker has joined the Nurad division of Cobham DES as director of
advanced technology. Baker has over
23 years of experience in the aerospace
and defense industry. He brings a
strong systems engineering and business development background, in addition to being a recognized expert in
aerospace composite structures development. Prior to joining Nurad, Baker
▲ Jeff Baker
worked on various NASA & National
Security applications and programs with Swales Aero-space & TRW Spacecraft Division.
■ Ducommun Technologies, a manufacturer of RF and microwave products, announced that Rich Crabtree
has joined Ducommun Technologies
as director, business development microwave products. Crabtree will be responsible for the sale of Ducommun’s
microwave products. With over 20
year’s industry experience, he brings a
successful background of sales and
▲ Rich Crabtree
sales management in the avionics, defense and commercial markets with RF and microwave
components and subsystems. Prior to joining Ducommun
Technologies, Crabtree was with Renaissance Electronics
Corp.
■ Endwave Corp. announced that Chuck Piercy was
named site manager for the company’s El Dorado Hills,
CA facility. Piercy joined Endwave in April of 2007 with
the company’s acquisition of ALC Microwave Inc., a leading provider of logarithmic amplifiers and other integrated
subsystems to many US and international defense prime
contractors. He also currently serves as a strategic business
manager for Endwave’s Defense and Security business
unit. As a key member of ALC Microwave since 2004,
Piercy contributed as senior design engineer on many of
the integrated subsystems used in early warning radars,
threat detection equipment, electronic countermeasures
and missile guidance systems. Prior to that, Piercy worked
for over a decade at DBS Microwave (which was later acquired by L- 3 Communications), where he served as the
product line manufacturing manager.
■ AMETEK Specialty Metal Products
(SMP) has named Peter Hoctor as regional sales manager for Europe. Hoctor will be responsible for sales and
marketing of AMETEK’s full line of
specialty metal products. He brings extensive metals industry experience and
a strong background in international
marketing to his new position. Hoctor
has more than 15 years of experience
▲ Peter Hoctor
in the sales and marketing of specialty
metals. He is currently sales manager, Europe, for Reading Alloys, a global leader in specialty titanium alloys and
highly engineered metal powders acquired by AMETEK
