Pentadyne Names New VPs of Sales, Marketing

Chatsworth, CA, based Pentadyne Power Corporation, a leading commercial manufacturer of clean energy storage systems using advanced composite flywheel technology, announced that it had named Johnny Gonzales and Keith Field to new vice-presidential positions. Gonzales was named Vice-President of Sales & Service; Field was appointed Vice-President of Marketing. Both Gonzales and Field were promoted from their current positions at Pentadyne as Directors of Sales and of Marketing, respectively. Pentadyne President & CEO Mark McGough noted that “These two individuals have contributed significantly to our growth this year, which we expect will more than double the size of the business. ” Gonzales is a 4-year veteran of Pentadyne and “a key person responsible for bookings growth at the company,” McGough said. Gonzales will remain directly responsible for existing accounts until those responsibilities are reassigned “as part of our aggressive buildup of the sales force for our next phase of growth,” he said. Gonzales has 30 years of experience within the power quality industry, working for both static UPS manufacturers and rotary/flywheel UPS manufacturers, including Hitec and SatCon. Among those companies, he has held positions in applications engineering, senior project management and sales management. Field was hired as Director of Marketing at Pentadyne in June of 2006. Field was formerly in a similar capacity at microturbine generator manufacturer Capstone Turbine. Prior to directing marketing and communications at Capstone, Field managed product marketing and communications at Clifford Electronics, now a division of consumer electronics manufacturer Directed Electronics.