TECOM Industries, Inc., a Smiths Interconnect business, has appointed Arsen Melconian as president. Mr. Melconian succeeds Ralph L. Philips who was recently appointed president of Smiths Interconnect. Mr. Melconian has served as TECOM’s vice president of engineering and chief technology officer since March of 2004. He joined the company in January 2002 as director of engineering with responsibility for design, modeling, simulation, testing, and new product development. Under his guidance TECOM’s engineering department has more than doubled in size and several key commercial, military and satellite communications R&D programs advanced from concept to production.