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People & Company News SeaBotix Opens New East Coast Of Þ ceSeaBotix opened a new east coast of- Þ ce based in North Dartmouth, Mass. This satellite ofÞ ce, situated in the heart of the northeastern USAÕs maritime cor- ridor, will be a hub for sales, technical support, service, and training and will allow SeaBotix to expand its service to clients in the region. SeaBotix East will be headed by ROV Pilot/Engineer, Rhonda Moniz. In her decades of ROV experience, Rhonda has been involved in a number of global expeditions with Dr. Robert Ballard and is the Explorer in Residence for the New Bedford Ocean Explorium. Rhonda is a Master Instruc-tor with PADI and served as Science Advisor on many underwater produc- tion teams for the Discovery Channel and PBS NOVA series. Wolfe Joins EdgeTech EdgeTech added Damon Wolfe to the role of Product Line Sales Engineer. Wolfe joins EdgeTech after four years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) where he served as a techni- cal lead for a variety of surveying and remote sensing projects including hy-drographic surveying, topographic sur- veying, geodetic surveying and photo- grammetry. Prior to working with the USACE, Wolfe was in the United States Marine Corps. Ellis Joins DeepSea Power & Light DeepSea Power & Light said that Amanda Ellis has joined the team as its new Marketing Coordinator. Ellis will manage and develop all communication related materials; including, expanding the companyÕs social media activities. Ellis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Inter- national Relations from San Francisco State University. She worked as a Ma- rine Science Instructor for the Marine Science Institute, where she educated students on the environmental impor- tance of marine habitats. Her increasing interests in environmental communica- tion led her to begin a Communication graduate program at San Francisco State University. FET Acquires DynaconForum Energy Technologies, Inc. acquired Dynacon, Inc. Dy-nacon is a provider of launch and recovery systems (LARS) used for deployment of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and also manu- factures high quality, specialized cable and umbilical handling equipment for all segments of the marine industry. DynaconÕs Bryan, TX, location employs more than 100 people and consists of 82,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and ofÞ ce space and 40,000 sq. ft. of special-ized test area located on 16 acres. Cris Gaut, ForumÕs Chairman and CEO, said, ÒDynacon expands our Subsea Technologies capability and integrates an important part of the ROV supply chain. We plan to continue DynaconÕs long legacy of providing top quality systems to its customers, while investing in the companyÕs facility in Bryan to expand capacity. We welcome all of the employees of Dynacon to Forum.Ó KOGT Acquires Apply Nemo ASKongsberg Oil & Gas Tech- nologies AS (KOGT) entered an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Apply Nemo AS, an in- dependent supplier of advanced engineering services, products and solutions for subsea oil and gas applications. The acquisition, which is expected to be com- pleted early January 2013, will strengthen Kongsberg Oil & Gas TechnologiesÕ scope of deliver- ies and capacity to the subsea oil and gas markets. Apply Nemo was established in 1989 with focus on subsea pipeline engineering and complex solutions and has since been transformed into a product focused organization. Xylem Appoints Goldsmith UK DirectorWater monitoring specialist Xylem Analytics UK appointed David Gold- smith as Director of Marine and Coastal Business. Goldsmith has extensive ex- perience in marine technologies, having worked closely with AADI for many years in the oceanographic sector. He will be responsible for bringing the YSI, SonTek and AADI brands together un- der the Xylem Analytics umbrella. January/February 2013 50 MTRMTR #1 (50-64).indd 50MTR #1 (50-64).indd 501/30/2013 11:29:09 AM1/30/2013 11:29:09 AM