Cirtronics names president/CEO

Dave Patterson

Cirtronics Corp., a contract manufacturing firm in Milford, N.H., serving the robotics, medical technology, security, defense, and industrial markets, has appointed Dave Patterson as president/CEO. Founder and former CEO Gerardine Ferlins remains with the company as chief governance officer and chair of the board of directors.

Patterson joined the company in 2010 as director of global sourcing and was named COO two years later. Before joining the company, he served in the armed forces, worked in logistics at the Veterans Administration, and worked in global sourcing at Applied Materials.