C&D Technologies Appoints New Director of Sales for North America and New Regional Manager

C&D Technologies Inc. has announced the promotion of John Parent from Director, West Coast Sales to Director of Sales for North America. Reporting to Tony Abrantes, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Parent will be responsible for managing the Tier II and Tier III broad-market accounts through his team of Regional Sales Managers, manufacturer's representatives and distributors. In a further new appointment, the company has named Bill Schmidt as its Regional Manager for the Midwest and Eastern Canada.

John Parent brings over 30 years of sales and marketing management experience in the power supply marketplace to his new role. Prior to joining C&D Technologies in October 2003 as Regional Manager for the West Coast, he spent time working for companies such as Astec and Artesyn. In November 2005 he was promoted to Director of West Coast Area Sales. On Parent's promotion to Director of Sales for North America, Abrantes said, "I fully expect that our customers and our organization will benefit from the leadership, knowledge and experience he brings to the America's Sales team."

Bill Schmidt meanwhile, comes to C&D from Qlogic where he held several senior sales positions. Prior to that he was a Regional Sales Manager for over 12 years at Xytec and later worked at Artesyn. Abrantes commented, "I am pleased to have a senior manager in this key area, and I am confident that Bill will succeed in making the Midwest one of our fastest growing regions."