Latitude Technologies is very pleased to announce that industry veteran Brad Smith has been appointed as Latitude COO. Brad’s first priority has been to expand Latitude’s sales team to further strengthen Latitude’s highly-respected customer-first sales and service program. Joining Brad at Latitude are newly appointed Vice President, Air Transportation Sales, Carlos Monsalve, and newly appointed Director, Business Aviation Sales, Wayne Hundsdorfer. Carlos and Wayne join David Thomas, now Director, Helicopter / General Aviation Sales and Jeff Taberner, now Director, Military / Government Sales to round out the Latitude sales team.

Commenting on Tuesday’s announcement, Latitude Founder and President, Mark Insley, said, “I am very excited to have Brad, Carlos, and Wayne joining Latitude. We have been a customer-first company since we first opened our doors more than fifteen years ago, and our expanded sales team will continue to build on our reputation for customer sales and service excellence.” Mark then observed, “David Thomas and Jeff Taberner have done an excellent job in serving our current customers and growing our customer base. With the release of our DL150 satellite data unit and with a number of other high-performance products coming to market over the next few months, we need more boots on the ground to ensure that every aviation sector is fully served for our growing range of products on an ongoing basis. Led by Brad, David, Jeff, Carlos, and Wayne give Latitude one of the strongest sales team in the industry.”