Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has made changes to its leadership team.
Christopher von Alt (pictured left) has elected to resign from his current position as president, effective January 1, 2014. Hydroid’s board of directors has selected Duane Fotheringham (pictured right), Hydroid’s vice president of operations, as his successor. Von Alt will retain his current position as chairman of the board and in addition, will undertake special long-range technology-centered projects that will focus on the advancement of REMUS technology.
In the late 90s, von Alt led the team of engineers at The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that invented the REMUS technology base, and later founded Hydroid in 2001. Since then, von Alt has led as the company’s president and chairman, growing Hydroid into the world’s largest provider of AUVs and overseeing its acquisition by Kongsberg in 2008. The AUV market has grown exponentially over the last decade, and Hydroid’s REMUS vehicles have become the tool of choice for most navies around the world.
“Duane as my successor is an extremely capable leader,” von Alt said. “With him managing the company, I now have the flexibility to focus on Hydroid’s future technological developments.”
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