Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 13, 2008 – Control Microsystems announced the appointment of J.L.
Betts, US SCADAWave Manager.J.L. will be responsible for the product introduction and the development of sales channels across the North America for SCADAWave, the newly released series of industrial strength series of licensed and unlicensed data radios from Control Microsystems.
“We are very pleased to have J.L on board. He brings 18 years of knowledge and experience in radio design, support, and sales of RF systems into both public and private SCADA applications. His range of expertise will be invaluable for the release of our SCADAWave series of products into the SCADA automation industry,” says Jeff Altman, V.P US Sales.
“This is a great opportunity to leverage my RF experience with such a quality company as CMI,” says J.L. Betts. “I look forward to working with this team to offer a terrific portfolio of new products in a market that is ready for technology change.
With the value-added reputation of product innovation and reliability, unparalleled company service and support, I am certain the SCADAWave series will be yet another success for CMI.” Previously, Betts served for seven years as US Sales Manager Oil/Gas at GE MDS (formerly Microwave Data Systems). Prior to MDS, he was a Systems Engineering Manager for Applied Technology Inc. His portfolio includes RF circuit board design experience for Andrew Corp, as well as an eight year tenure in the US Navy working in Naval Security as well as serving during Desert Storm.
J.L. graduated Chapman University of California in with a BS Electronics Engineering.
About Control Microsystems:
Control Microsystems is a global supplier of state-of-the-art automation products for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA). Founded in 1980, the company has led the industry in developing and manufacturing innovative solutions such as the SCADAPack Series of RTU/PLCs that combine high performance communications with high speed processing, and ClearSCADA, an advanced process management system featuring a unique, all-in-one design that reduces programming time and increases engineering productivity. The company’s product line also includes SCADASense intelligent sensors and gas production automation products engineered for remote installation in harsh, unattended environments.
Control Microsystems products are used around the world in municipal water and wastewater automation; in natural gas and crude oil production, gathering, and pipeline automation, and a wide variety of other industrial automation applications.
