DeLeon Joins Abtex as Business Development Manager

Abtex Corp. hired John De Leon as business development manager, a new position created to focus on sustainable growth through service with existing customers along with expansion into new markets. Abtex manufactures customized, integrated machine/brush deburring solutions for the manufacturing industry.

“Everyone at Abtex shares the same goal—to provide excellent products and services to customers,” says De Leon. “I am looking forward to working with this first-rate team.”

De Leon has more than 20 years of experience in highly engineered component and system sales, marketing, and business development. He has worked in engineering, project management, sales, marketing, business development and business management for technology, robotics and manufacturing companies. Customers included industrial, automotive, aerospace, food and beverage, and agriculture industries.

De Leon earned a master’s degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University.