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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Meek Roan Luthi Appel Young Chittenden Smith

Appel as UAS Technical Manager.

Martin comes to Martek with a wealth of industry knowledge. An accom- plished and well-regarded UAS Senior

Maintenance Of? cer, a Subject Matter

Expert (SME) for drones greater than 150kg and an Instructor and System

Integration Project Of? cer, Martin bene? ts from a long UAS mainte- nance and operations background.

Jason Young to Lead Vesper’s

Americas Expansion

Vesper Marine announced a new vice president of sales for Americas, and the opening of its U.S. of? ce. Jason Young will focus on customer service and new account development for Vesper Ma- rine. Additionally, Vesper Marine has engaged sales and marketing group,

Richards Marine Marketing, to repre- sent the business throughout the West

Coast and Canadian markets. Prior to his Vesper Marine appointment,

Young served as outside sales director for CWR Electronics.

Hendry Marine Launches

Business Development Team

Hendry Marine Industries (HMI) an- nounced that Kristen Chittenden has been appointed Director of Business

Development, and Eric Smith has been named VP & Chief Commercial Of? - cer. Chittenden has served as Associate

General Counsel for Hendry Marine for the past three years. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Business Ad- ministration at the University of Tampa.

Smith was previously Chief Commer- cial Of? cer for Overseas Shipholding www.marinelink.com

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