RF Industries Announces Changes Following Acquisition

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RF Industries, Ltd, (NASDAQ: RFIL), yesterday announced two personnel changes in support of its recently announced acquisition of Microlab/FXR LLC.

Ray Bibisi has transitioned to the role of Chief Operating Officer, where he will report to Robert Dawson, CEO of RF Industries, on the company’s overall strategy and execution. Bibisi will play a key role in driving the company’s continuous improvement efforts around maximizing operational efficiencies including lean principles, automation, and manufacturing consolidation, while managing supply chain rationalization and optimization initiatives. He will also oversee the transformation efforts around harmonizing the Company’s ERP system, along with other IT platforms and services.

Bibisi joined RF Industries as Chief Revenue Officer in January 2020 and spent the prior 30-plus years at Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) holding concurrent roles of VP of Sales and General Manager of North America. He oversaw operations, finance, supply chain and research and development, improving profitability, on-time delivery, and customer response time, while maintaining high quality and safety goals.

Also, Christophe Massenet has been promoted to Vice President of Technology and Engineering. In this newly created role, reporting to the CEO, Massenet will lead a new centralized technology and engineering office that will oversee the product and technology roadmaps across the entire company. He will lead a team of technology experts from across the company including key technical and engineering experts that joined in the recent acquisition of Microlab.

Massenet previously served as Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Schroff Technologies International (Schrofftech) since 2017. Schrofftech, a subsidiary company,  is a Rhode Island-based manufacturer of products serving the high growth wireless, telecom, and cable markets that was acquired by RF Industries in late 2019. Over the last 25 years, Massenet led increasingly large R&D and business development organizations in the telecom and aerospace industries. Prior to Schrofftech, he spent 12 years at CommScope, where he restructured and developed international multisite R&D capabilities, and orchestrated product and technology strategies while accelerating time to market in a $200 million business unit. 

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