Critical Manufacturing appoints Jeff Peabody as VP of sales and business development

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The newest executive team member for Critical Manufacturing comes in the form of Jeff Peabody who was newly appointed as VP of sales and business development. Peabody brings eighteen years of senior marketing and sales positions for factory automation solutions in semiconductor manufacturing. Most recently, Peabody held a senior position with Global Services Group of Applied Materials.

Peabody stated, “With equipment and factory costs skyrocketing, software is one of the most cost effective methods of adding capacity, efficiency, and productivity improvements to complex manufacturing operations. Critical Manufacturing and cmNavigo 2.0 represent a new generation in Manufacturing Execution Systems by leveraging years of experience and best practices in high–tech manufacturing with the cutting edge advancements of Microsoft manufacturing software. In my experience in high-tech MES products, cmNavigo is unmatched with its Rich Internet Application technology, giving the product tremendous capability and ease of use.”

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