Aitech Defense Systems, Inc. Has Named Chuck Parks Vice President of North American Sales

Aitech Defense Systems, Inc., a world leader in the development and manufacture of board and subsystem level products for harsh environment defense, aerospace and space applications, has named Chuck Parks Vice President of North American Sales.

Chatsworth, CA (PRWEB) March 26, 2005 -- Aitech Defense Systems, Inc., a world leader in the development and manufacture of board and subsystem level products for harsh environment defense, aerospace and space applications, has named Chuck Parks Vice President of North American Sales. Parks, with over 20 years of experience in the sale of electronics in International, national and regional sales management positions and direct sales to the aerospace and the national defense industry, will be in charge of establishing and implementing the companys sales strategy to attain revenue goals and objectives.

In addition, Parks responsibilities will include developing relationships with new customers and strengthening relationships with existing ones, building sales channels and sales representative organizations, implementing sales plans, and providing in-depth reporting, analysis and forecasting of sales revenue, bookings and department operations.

Doug Patterson, Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing, said, Chuck Parks brings a wealth of sales and industry expertise to this position. His knowledge and experience will help Aitech solidify and expand our position as a leading supplier of rugged computer boards and integrated subsystems, and enable us to realize our sales goals."

Prior to joining Aitech, Parks served as Director of Business Development - Systems for Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing - Systems (CWCEC), where he assisted all company field sales activities in relation to providing integrated subsystems. Before that, Parks served as Director of Sales and National Sales Manager for VISTA Controls Corporation, where he managed the companys sales functions, the Eastern operations office, and worldwide sales representative organization.

Previously, Parks was the Southeastern Regional Sales Manager for DY4, Western Area Sales Manager for Radstone Technology Corp., and Systems Marketing Manager for Dage Precision Industries. Parks began his career at Electronic Modular Systems where he quickly worked his way from Central Area Sales Manager to National Sales Manager to Marketing Manager.

Parks holds a B.S. from Central Missouri State University. He also completed training at the USMCs Basic Electronics Schools, Radio Fundamentals Schools, Ground Radio Repair Schools, and AN/GRC-58 Digital Radio Schools.

For more information, please call 888-Aitech-8 (248-3248) or e-mail sales@rugged.com.

About Aitech
Established in 1983, Aitech offers military and space-qualified, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products for defense and aerospace applications, radiation tolerant and MIL-SPEC solutions; VMEbus and Compact PCI boards, power subsystems, mass memory, enclosures and hardware subsystem integration along with configuration management services. In addition, Aitech utilizes its broad base of off-the-shelf products and technologies to develop customer-specific solutions, deliver superior cost-performance and reliability, and expedite time to market. Applications for its products range from mission processors, fire control and mission control subsystems for ground vehicles, surface and subsurface naval platforms, tactical and strategic fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and low- to high-earth orbit space vehicles.

Please refer to this number in correspondence: AIT-A-1301

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