Ex-Springs tech exec moves to AEI

Former vice president and COO of Colorado Springs-based Avalanche Industries Larry Firestone, 48, has been appointed executive vice president and CFO of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. in Fort Collins. Firestone will assume that position in August 2006 following the completion of his employment responsibilities at Applied Films Corp. in Longmont where he has been working since leaving Avalanche Industries, an electronics manufacturing services company.