Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media announced today the appointment of its new chief information officer and senior vice president, Technology, Jana Kanyadan.

Kanyadan was most recently the global director for IT and e-Business with Eaton Corporation's Hydraulics Operations and Fluid Power Group based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Kanyadan joined Eaton in 2003 from Ingersoll-Rand Corporation, where he was the technology leader for the International division located in Dublin, Ireland and, previously, the Commercial Security & Safety division located in Indianapolis. Prior to this role, he was director of information systems at Cummins, Inc. in Columbus, Indiana. In addition to these leadership positions in information technology management, Kanyadan has management experience in both design engineering and manufacturing.

"Technology is changing the ways we can expand and diversify the delivery of our public service programming to our regional and national audiences," said Jon McTaggart, chief operating officer. "There are new and emerging digital technologies for radio and the Web, almost daily, and Jana's terrific experience, talents and leadership will be instrumental in helping us explore and take full advantage of new opportunities."

Kanyadan has an MBA from Duke University and a Master of Science with a major in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Computer Science from Iowa State University. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College in Trichy, India. He, his wife and their two children live in Prior Lake.

Minnesota Public Radio® operates a 37-station radio network serving virtually all of Minnesota and parts of surrounding states and produces programming for radio, Internet and face-to-face audiences. Programs produced by Minnesota Public Radio, operating as American Public Media™, reach 14.5 million listeners nationwide each week. Of those, more than 790,000 listen regionally, in Minnesota and surrounding states. A complete list of stations, programs and additional services can be obtained at www.mpr.org and www.americanpublicmedia.org.

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Source: Data are copyright Arbitron, Inc. Arbitron data are estimates only. Fall 2005/Spring 2006 average