ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNO), a leading biomaterial and surgical products company, has named Jodi Brendel to the position of vice president of global sales and marketing for its Surgical group, unifying the activities of sales and marketing domestically and internationally. Brendel succeeds Patrick Horan in leading the domestic sales team and also assumes responsibility for marketing and international sales which formerly reported to the COO level.