EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 7, 2015) - Synodon Inc. ("Synodon" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SYD) announced that Adrian Banica, the Company's founder, has decided to relinquish his duties as President for personal reasons. Mr. Banica will remain a director of the corporation.
Adrian founded Synodon in August 2000 and his extraordinary vision guided Synodon during ten years of research and development of a proprietary remote gas sensing instrument called realSens™. Under Adrian's leadership, the company began generating revenue in 2010 and had its first profitable quarter in the quarter ending October 31, 2014.
"Adrian has made countless contributions to Synodon's success and will continue to guide the Company with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration as a board member," stated Paul van Eeden, Synodon's Executive Chairman. "We wish Adrian well and look forward to continue working with him in the board room."
In related news, Nimal Rodrigo was appointed as the Company's Chief Operating Officer and Deborah Rodrigo was appointed as Chief Financial Officer.
"We are pleased that Nimal, who has served as the Company's CFO for the past 7 years has accepted the responsibilities of COO and that Deborah, who has also served the Company as Controller for past 7 years has been promoted to CFO," said Paul van Eeden.
Synodon Inc. (www.synodon.com) is a technology company that has developed an advanced airborne remote gas sensing system called realSens™, based on technologies developed under the Canadian Space Program and by Synodon scientists. The company currently provides advanced airborne pipeline integrity management services to the oil and gas sector through a suite of services including natural gas and liquid hydrocarbon leak detection, pipeline threat assessments, and waterway crossings analysis among others.
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