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Lanham, MD--Laser micromachining company Potomac Photonics recently welcomed Sidney Wright back to the company, this time as vice president of sales.

Oxford, MA--High-power fiber lasers and amplifiers manufacturer IPG Photonics has appointed Kevin Arnold as regional sales manager, Midwest.

Dunedin, FL--Ocean Optics appointed Marcio Siqueira to the newly created position of regional sales manager Brazil to better serve its Latin American customers.

Rugby, England--Industrial laser maker JK Lasers recently named Paul Ferris as worldwide sales director to drive the company's growth strategy—particularly in expanding its range of fiber lasers.

Boulder, CO--Laser optics manufacturer Advanced Thin Films (ATFilms), a unit of IDEX Optics & Photonics, has promoted Joe Stupfel as its new general manager at their Boulder location.

Boulder, CO--Optical components maker REO has named Paul Kelly, a 25-year photonics industry veteran, as its new president and CEO.

Several SPIE Fellows and members are among the 66 new U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) members elected for their contributions in engineering research, practice, and education.

Carlsbad, CA--To strengthen the marketing efforts for its silicon photonics products, Luxtera has expanded its executive team with three new appointments.

Pennington, NJ--Bob Struthers has joined volume Bragg grating technology developer PD-LD as executive vice president of business development, bringing with him 30 years of experience in photonics and semiconductors.

Wendelstein, Germany--Sill Optics' managing director Berndt Zingrebe will celebrate 30 years of commitment to the company as well as celebrate his 70th birthday on February 5.

San Jose, CA--M Squared Lasers, a manufacturer of ultrafast and tunable lasers for the commercial and scientific markets, welcomes Peter Bordui as its chairman.

Barrington, NJ--Edmund Optics CEO Robert Edmund shared the sad news of the passing of his father and founder of Edmund Optics, Norman Wilson Edmund.

San Jose, CA--LED manufacturer and lighting solutions provider Philips Lumileds appointed Pierre Yves Lesaicherre as its CEO.

Dortmund, Germany--LIMO managing director Lutz Aschke was elected to the board of directors of the Laser Institute of America for the period 2012 to 2014.

Jena, Germany--Dr. Dietmar Wagner will head Jenoptik's Laser Processing Systems business unit of the Lasers & Material Processing division, effective this month.

Tucson, AZ--Eustace L. Dereniak, an optical sciences and engineering professor at the University of Arizona (UA), will become president of SPIE in January 2012.

Washington, DC--The Optical Society (OSA) Board of Directors has promoted 66 OSA members as the newest class of OSA Fellow members, each of whom will be recognized individually at meetings throughout 2012.

Washington, DC--The Optical Society (OSA) and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) will award Alain Aspect of the Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique with the joint 2012 Herbert Walther Award.