Smart Wires Technology Ltd. announced the appointment of two industry leaders, further strengthening the Company's product industrialization efforts. Jeremy Knepper is the new Senior Vice President of Quality and is responsible for the global quality organization. Sundar Baladhandapani joins Smart Wires as the Senior Director of Controls & Communication and will lead the development of SmartValve™ control systems firmware and software.

Jeremy Knepper brings over 20 years of experience in quality within multiple industries, including aerospace, military and defense, renewable energy, and agriculture. Most recently, Jeremy held various positions of increasing scope at Collins Aerospace, where he was responsible for integrating teams, establishing a customer satisfaction program, and elevating overall quality performance. As SVP, Quality at Smart Wires, Jeremy will be responsible for the global quality organization, including strategy, development and implementation of quality systems, policies, standards, procedures and deliverables.

Jeremy reports to CEO Peter Wells and assumed this role during the first quarter of this year. Sundar Baladhandapani joins Smart Wires as the Senior Director of Controls & Communication. He spent more than 25 years in the embedded and IoT systems areas of various manufacturing companies, most recently as an engineering director at Aprilaire.

At Smart Wires, he will lead the development of communications, software and firmware for the SmartValve control systems. Sundar reports to Chief Engineer Marie Hayden and assumed this role during the first quarter of this year.