SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced that it has appointed Jeffrey Postlethwait as vice president and general manager of SatCon's Semiconductor Products business unit. Postlethwait joins SatCon from Micro Networks Corp. (Worcester, MA).
"We're looking forward to Jeff managing our Semiconductor Products business unit," said David Eisenhaure, SatCon's president and CEO. "He has an extensive background in operations, manufacturing engineering, product development and marketing of microelectronics products, having held management and engineering positions at General Electric and Rockwell International prior to his work at Micro Networks. We think his background matches well with the strategy we are pursuing in our Semiconductor Products business unit of manufacturing quality components for our power systems business while maintaining a high-quality, high-reliability line of microelectronics products for the telecommunications, medical, aerospace and transportation markets. We are confident that Jeff's manufacturing and operations background will help position us for growth while his marketing and sales background will help to ensure that growth."
