FMC Technologies announced that Bradley D. Beitler will become Vice President, Technology, effective December 1, 2009. Previously, he was the Director of Technology for FMC, a position he has held since 2006.

In 2001, Mr. Beitler was appointed Director of Business Development, and was responsible for strategy as well as mergers and acquisitions. During this period, FMC added numerous new technologies and acquired several companies. He joined FMC in 1994.

Mr. Beitler earned his MBA in Marketing and Strategy from Pepperdine University in 1983, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1976.