Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. announced that Christopher Phebus, a highly regarded technology executive with extensive experience in subsea systems and engineering, has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering. In his new role, Phebus will assume responsibility for the continued enhancement of the company’s PowerBuoy wave-energy technology and will also lead the company’s multi-disciplinary engineering team. Most recently he was the Head of Global Engineering and Technology for the Flow and Process Technology and Reciprocating Compression division at GE Oil & Gas.