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Fairmount Automation Appoints Proven
Automation Industry Veteran as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA—APRIL 26, 2004—Fairmount
Automation is proud to announce the addition of Glenn Dixon to its senior
management team, as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Dixon will be
responsible for customer relationship management, product positioning and
branding, establishing product distribution channels, and developing marketing
strategic plans. Mr. Dixon’s career in the process automation industry spans
three decades, includes various engineering, marketing, and sales positions
within prominent industry organizations, and is particularly notable for
successful stewarding of new product introductions.
“Glenn knows the controls industry inside and out and
has a proven track record of successfully launching new products in that market
space,” said Dr. Andrés Lebaudy, co-Founder and CEO of Fairmount Automation,
“We are convinced that we can duplicate our military sector success in the
industrial and commercial automation markets and we are equally convinced that
Glenn Dixon is the right person to help us penetrate those segments.”
Mr. Dixon’s primary role will be to increase Fairmount
Automation’s presence in the automation markets it serves with products based
on the Company’s proven technology, specifically the newly developed
Chameleon® Hybrid Controller. Chameleon is a high-performance Programmable
Automation Controller (PAC) that offers multi-domain functionality—including
logic, sequence, batch, motion, and process control—on a single very flexible
and highly configurable platform. Since 1997, the Company has been a leading
supplier of rugged control equipment to the U.S. Navy; today its products are
controlling mission-critical processes and machinery on more than one-third of
the surface Fleet.
Of his latest engagement, Mr. Dixon commented, "I
am very excited to join this young, energetic, and innovative group. I recall
trying to champion the development of a ‘task controller’ within a
well-known industrial automation company a couple of years back. I strongly
believed then, as I do now, that industrial machinery OEMs stand to benefit from
a small, rugged, and capable controller package that offers consistent
programming and operator interfaces. Fairmount Automation has developed that ‘task
controller’ I once envisioned—introducing it into the marketplace is a very
attractive proposition for me.” He added, “Whenever you can bring control
closer to the process, there are cost savings for your customers to reap.”
Among some of Mr. Dixon’s most notable accomplishments
are:
· The development and release of the first “open system” model for
Distributed Control Systems (based on the Modbus protocol) and companion
multi-vendor program to support industry acceptance and application. This highly
successful global program created tens of millions of dollars of revenue, and
became an early model for open systems.
· Launching and merchandizing of the first “Smart” Transmitters digitally
integrated with one of the world’s leading Distributed Control Systems.
Attained unparalleled market share growth and a sustainable multi-million dollar
global sales revenue stream in less than 3 years.
· Chairing the Honeywell FOUNDATION Fieldbus User Advisory Council, a
collaborative user-based organization chartered to advise and guide the
definition and development of FOUNDATION Fieldbus technology and products.
· Holds 2 patents pertaining to industrial measurement and sensor technology.
About Fairmount Automation, Inc.
Fairmount Automation is a leading provider of high-performance distributed
control solutions for extreme environments. The Company is an original equipment
manufacturer of rugged programmable automation controllers used to monitor and
regulate industrial processes and machinery. It also provides advanced
engineering services to investigate and develop automated damage control systems
for U.S. Navy surface combatants, including the Navy’s next generation land
attack destroyer. The Company is developing distributed intelligent systems that
automatically detect and isolate equipment failures and reconfigure themselves
to sustain the ship’s mission. The Company is based in Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit www.fairmountautomation.com.
Chameleon is a registered trademark of Fairmount Automation, Inc.
Press Contact:
Laura Lebaudy
Laura@L2Communications.com
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