congatec accelerates global expansion with new appointment

congatec, a supplier of embedded computer modules, single board computers (SBCs) and embedded design and manufacturing (EDM) services, has appointed Fred Barden as vice president, worldwide sales to support its global expansion plans.

The new position has been created to unite congatec’s global sales force in order to serve the top global players more effectively in the various markets for embedded and IoT computer technologies.

Jason Carlson, CEO of congatec, said, “I am excited to have Fred join the congatec team in this newly created role. Fred is an experienced sales leader with global market knowledge and experience building and managing world-class sales organisations. He will lead congatec’s talented and capable sales team to the next level, and in doing so help to accelerate growth by focusing on larger opportunities on a worldwide scale.”

Fred Barden has 25 years of sales and sales management experience in the embedded computing industry. He started his career as a manufacturer’s local representative, selling embedded technologies into the Silicon Valley market, and then progressively grew into strategic national and global sales management roles with major embedded system players including Kontron, Continuous Computing, Radisys and Artesyn Embedded Technologies.