The management changes that Consonus Technologies announced this week were part of a long-established succession plan, according to executives at the Cary-based company.

The plan to hand over the reins of the privately held data-management company to a new management
team was put in place after Strategic Technologies of Cary merged in January 2007 with Salt Lake City-based Consonus Acquisition Corp. and took the smaller company's name, said CEO Mike Shook.

Consonus announced this week that Shook and his younger brother, Will, an executive vice president, are stepping down Oct. 1. The brothers co-founded the business in 1988.