MOORESVILLE, Indiana, July 7, 2014– Equipment Technologies, the manufacturer of Apache-brand agricultural sprayers, has named Veera P. Rajendran its Director of Engineering.
Rajendran, 47, will lead ET’s product development, design and improvement. He has 20 years of experience in mechanical engineering and technology development, including the past nine years at Rolls-Royce Corp. of Indianapolis, where he served as Chief of Research and Technology Programs and Strategy in the company’s aerospace division.
“I’m excited to be joining Equipment Technologies,” Rajendran said. “It’s a company with a lot of growth potential and strong leadership. I’m looking forward to helping ET continue to develop and build high-performance sprayers that are affordable for farmers.”
In addition to working closely with ET’s engineering and manufacturing teams, Rajendran said he’ll seek input from the company’s large Apache Dealership network and Apache customers to drive greater innovation and product improvement.
ET首席执行官马特·海斯(Matt Hays)表示:“维拉将对我们的产品承担全部责任，从头到尾。”“他将负责现有产品的防弹化，并解决我们产品可能存在的维护问题或磨损问题。他还将对确保我们制造一台高度可伸缩的机器产生重大影响，这样我们就能继续从组装生产的角度获得我们今天所拥有的效率。他能加入我们公司，我们感到非常幸运。”
Rajendran is a native of India and a naturalized U.S. citizen. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology in India in 1987 and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mississippi in 1994. He received a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa in 1998 and a MBA with a Leadership concentration from Butler University this past year.
Before he became the Chief of Research and Technology Programs and Strategy at Rolls-Royce, Rajendran served as the company’s Manager of Turbine Thermal Design and, earlier, Senior Engineer of Aero-thermal Design. Before joining Rolls-Royce Rajendran was a Senior Research Engineer at General Electric.
Rajendran holds five U.S. patents. His work has garnered Rajendran numerous honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, GE Managerial Award and GE’s Golden Quill Award for research publications, among others.
Rajendran is married and has two children. He lives in Carmel, Indiana.
About Equipment Technologies
ET Works is a manufacturer of self-propelled sprayers. Headquartered in Mooresville, Indiana, ET creates Apache Sprayers and Bruin Sprayers for distribution throughout the United States, Canada,Australiaand C.I.S. Learn more about Apache Sprayers at apachesprayers.com and Bruin Sprayers at bruinsprayers.com.
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