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People & Company News

Lewis Powell Byus Nuntavong (Photo: Nautronix) (Photo courtesy of BIRNS) (Photo courtesy of BIRNS)

Powell as sales associate and Penny Nun-

Byus Heads Battelle Polarcus Names Starr CEO tavong as sales and marketing associate. Rod Starr will succeed Rolf Ronningen Maritime Technologies

Battelle announced that its array of mari- Powell brings more than 25 years of sales as Polarcus’ next chief executive of? cer. time technologies will now be housed un- experience to the role. Nuntavong has Starr joins Polarcus from TGS-NOPEC der one leadership structure lead by Rear more than nine years of business sales Geophysical Company. He has over 30

Admiral Fred Byus, USN (Ret.). These and marketing experience and will sup- years industry experience, starting his ca- include for-pro? t, wholly owned, and port sales efforts for the company’s glob- reer with Unocal where he spent 16 years.

autonomous subsidiaries Blue? n Robot- al dealer network, in addition to handling ics and SeeByte. Byus will be working marketing responsibilities including pub-

MacArtney Opens Fifth closely with Rich Leonard, interim CEO lic relations, advertising and social media.

North American Location of Blue? n Robotics and SeeByte CEO The MacArtney Underwater Technology

HYPACK Hosts Training Event

Bob Black. Group has innaugurated its ? fth dedicated

More than 250 attendees, 25 exhibitors business unit in North America. Located and 6,000 remote viewers from around in Jupiter, Florida, just north of West Palm Lewis Promoted at Nautronix

Cara Lewis, who has been with Nautron- the world participated in the HYPACK Beach, the new MacArtney Southeast ix for two years as senior marketing coor- 2015 Training Event in San Antonio, Operations will cover a six-state area in- dinator, has been promoted to marketing Texas. HYPACK also unveiled its new cluding Tennessee, North Carolina, South manager and will be responsible for man- version of HYPACK 2015. Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. aging Nautronix’ branding and market- hypack.com The unit is headed by General Manager, ing strategy. Prior to joining Nautronix, Lou Dennis, a long-serving industry pro-

Bourbon Expands ROV Fleet

Lewis was with DOF Subsea. fessional who brings in three decades of

Bourbon commissioned three next-gener- experience.

ation Heavy Duty Work ROVs (Remote

Teledyne to Host Workshop

Teledyne Marine will host an expanded Operated Vehicles) designed by FMC

ATLAS N.America Acquires users’ workshop later this year, building Technologies Schilling Robotics. Capa-

Marine Sonic Technology on Teledyne RDI’s ADCPs in Action Us- ble of operating at depths of up to 3,000 ATLAS North America LLC. (ANA), a ers Conferences and Teledyne Marine meters, these underwater vehicles will be wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Ele-

Acoustic Imaging’s Underwater Tech- deployed on Multipurpose Support Ves- ktronik GmbH, Germany, has acquired nology Workshops. This new three-day sels (MPSV) such as the Bourbon Evo- the business of Marine Sonic Technol- workshop, entitled the Teledyne Marine lution 800 series. Fitted with high-tech ogy (MSTL), Ltd., based in Yorktown,

Technology Workshop, will be hosted in equipment: manipulator arms, dynamic Virginia, via an asset deal. Terms of the

San Diego, from October 4-7, 2015. positioning, high de? nition camera, so- transaction were not disclosed. teledynemarine.com nar and software; these HD Work ROVs are highly maneuverable. They can carry

LandScope Buys Teledyne up to 3,000 kg of special measurement

BIRNS Expands Sales and BlueView Scanner or intervention tools. They are suited for Teledyne BlueView said that UK based Marketing Team

BIRNS, Inc. expanded its sales and mar- activities such as survey, wellhead instal- Landscope Engineering has purchased its keting force with the addition of Laura lation or asset tie-in. 3D Multibeam Scanner, BV5000 3D.

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