CTG-Sonatech Division Announces the Hiring of New Director of Business Development

Sept. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - CTG-Sonatech division announces the hiring of its new Director of Business Development, Brent Febo.  In this capacity, Brent will be responsible for organizing, implementing, and accounting for all of Sonatech's business development initiatives and activities.  Brent will be based in Washington DC and will continue to make that his center of operations.

Brent joins CTG from ITT (formerly EDO Electro-Ceramic Products), in Salt Lake City where as Director of Business Development he was responsible for the strategic planning, and the implementation of those plans with respect to business generation, forecasting, establishing and maintaining good customer relationships. He previously served as ITT's Integrated Logistics Support Manager and was responsible for all customer support operations. Prior to ITT, Brent served for 21 years in the US Navy Submarine Service culminating in positions as Combat Systems Leading Chief Petty Officer onboard fast attack nuclear submarines and the Force Sonarman for the Pacific Fleet, responsible for all sonarman and sonar gear onboard 32 fleet submarines.

About Channel Technologies Group. (CTG) - (http://www.channeltechgroup.com)

CTG, based in Santa Barbara, CA has evolved from a business founded in 1959, that manufactured piezoelectric ceramic products. CTG is the combination of Channel Industries, Inc (CI), International Transducer Center (ITC), and Sonatech. The fundamental technology underlying CTG is piezoelectric ceramics. This core technology extends through the ceramics, transducers, sonar and navigation systems, and now the emerging energy harvesting, or "green" applications that are designed and manufactured at CTG.

About Sonatech - (http://www.sonatech.com)

Sonatech is a leader in the design and development of underwater navigation and sonar equipment for the U.S. Navy and various other U.S. and foreign government, research, and military customers.
The objective of Sonatech is to provide quality products that meet or exceed customer performance requirements utilizing the continuous improvement of procedure, processes, and materials.