Data acquisition company makes new appointments

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Feb 14, 2007

John Thoma has been appointed Director of Business Development of DSPCon and Anthony Mongelli has been named Corporate Controller.

DSPCon has appointed two new senior executives to its corporate management team, led by President and Chief Executive Officer Alfred Brower.

John Thoma has been appointed Director of Business Development and Anthony Mongelli has been named Corporate Controller.

Thoma and Mongelli will report directly to Brower.

The appointments are effective immediately.

"The appointment of these two seasoned executives further strengthen what I believe is already one of the most talented and experienced management teams in our industry", said Brower.

"The breadth and depth of experience and insight that John and Anthony bring to our company, in their respective areas, will be invaluable".

"We expect their combined wealth of business and technology management experience to be an integral part of our ongoing success as we forge ahead with our aggressive growth strategy".

In the newly-created role of Director of Business Development, Thoma will assume responsibility for DSPCon's sales and marketing organisations, including direct and indirect channels, product support and marketing.

Thoma comes to DSPCon from Electro-Radiation , a Honeywell International company, where he most recently served as Director of Business Development.

In this role, he was responsible for sales and marketing activities, including driving the profitable growth of the counter-IED technology business within the United States and key international markets.

Prior to joining Electro-Radiation, Thoma held a number of key product, programme and business development management positions with defence and broadband equipment companies such as OnePath Networks, Axonlink and ADC Broadband Communications.

At ADC, his product additions directly resulted in more than US $20 million in revenue.

Previously, Thoma had served in several, senior-level product management and business development positions with NYNEX, Westinghouse Norden Systems and Hughes Aircraft company.

He began his career at Bell Laboratories.

Thoma holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College as well as an MBA degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

As DSPCon's Corporate Controller, Mongelli will be responsible for the day to day financial operations of the company, including policies and procedures, accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, taxation and purchasing.

A seasoned financial professional with over 25 years of experience, Mongelli comes to DSPCon from 3CM Packaging Systems, where he spent 16 years in a number of financial capacities including serving as the firm's Chief Financial Officer for over 12 years.

Prior to that, he served in a number of senior-level financial capacities with several leading firms in the greater New York, New Jersey area.

Mongelli holds a bachelor' s degree in accounting from Brooklyn College.