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new and unique vehicles for ocean observing. The growth in application of autonomous marine vehicles will be supported by advances in navigation (MEMS and chip scale solutions), power sources, communications and new sensing technolo- gies.

Every business, every industry has its chal- lenges. What do you consider to be the great- est challenge to your business today, and how are you investing to overcome that challenge.

In the marine industry it is managing through the busi- ness cycles. To sustain in the soft markets and grow in the strong markets organizations must continue to innovate and to collaborate with our customers to help them differenti- ate in their markets. For Teledyne it is to continue to invest in innovation, collaborate across our broad group and with our customers to innovate more ef? ciently and utilize the resources of the corporation to differentiate in the market.

These resources include the Teledyne Science Center, Tele- dyne Dalsa and Teledyne Brown Engineering.

Bill Kidendall’s Career Path Bill Kikendall is the President of Teledyne RD Instru- ments and serves as a Group Manager in Teledyne Ma- rine’s Instrument Group with responsibility for RD Instru- ments, Oceanscience and Teledyne’s minority share in

Ocean Aero. Mr. Kikendall received a BSEE from Iowa

State University in 1980 and a MBA from the University of Dallas in 1986. His career began in 1980 with Geo- physical Service Incorporated (a division of Texas Instru- ments) which conducted offshore seismic exploration for oil and gas. He joined Teledyne Geotech in 1983 and for more than 30 years, he has been an employee of Teledyne

Technologies, Inc. At Teledyne, his role began as an in- strumentation design engineer and progressed through various levels of management including business unit management and leading to his current responsibility in group management. More than 25 years of his career have been in the marine industry.

Prior to Teledyne beginning its series of marine busi- ness acquisitions he was responsible for Teledyne Geo- physical Instruments, a business unit that provided instru- mentation for the offshore seismic exploration market for oil and gas exploration. At the time, this was Teledyne’s only marine business. With the 2005 acquisition of Tele- dyne RD Instruments, Kikendall relocated to California to assume management for its ? rst acquisition in the marine industry. He has been involved in acquisitions and group management within the marine businesses since that time. www.marinetechnologynews.com

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