Immervision Transitions CEO; Lumileds Names CFO: People in the News: 11/22/23

Vision and imaging company Immervision has appointed Michel Van Maercke as CEO, replacing Pascale Nini, who will transition to executive chairwoman. Van Maercke held the same position at Silex in 2018 and was executive director at Trimble Transport & Logistics from 2010 to 2019.

Michel Van Maercke. Courtesy of Immervision.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Lumileds, a global lighting and light source manufacturer, has named Tom Constantino CFO. Constantino has over 35 years of finance leadership experience, including stints at HP, Hitachi, Western Digital, and A10.

Kevin Granucci. Courtesy of OpenLight.

GOLETA, Calif. — OpenLight has appointed Kevin Granucci as vice president of sales and marketing. Granucci has had experience with semiconductors and fiber optics, most recently holding the position of chief revenue officer at Photonic Inc. as well as a variety of commercial roles for Hitachi Semiconductor, Opnext, and Oclaro.

DUESSELDORF, Germany — The European technology platform Photonics21 released the results of its board of stakeholders election. Fourteen members from organizations across Europe were selected to the board, including Karin Ronijak from ams-OSRAM, Arnold Gillner from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Dries Van Thourhout from Ghent University, and Lutz Aschke from Photonics Systems Holding GmbH.

Marcia Rieke. Courtesy of NASA.

GREENBELT, Md. — The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has recognized Marcia Rieke as its 2023 recipient of the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal for research focused on infrared observations of the center of the Milky Way and high-redshift galaxies in the early universe. Rieke served as deputy principal investigator for the near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and co-investigator for the multiband imaging photometer on NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope.

PAIGNTON, England — Sensors and chips manufacturer Nanusens recruited Phil Daniell to the position of vice president of ASIC engineering. Daniell has had experience with silicon ASIC engineering stretching back 25 years.

SEATTLE — Know Labs Inc., an emerging developer of noninvasive medical diagnostic technology, has appointed John Cronin, Larry Ellingson, and Tim Londergan to its board of directors. Ellingson has been a member of Know’s medical advisory board for the past four years, while Cronin and Londergan are both the founder and CEO of ipCapital Group and Tangibly, respectively.

David Wurtz. Courtesy of Outsight.

PARIS — 3D lidar developer Outsight has added David Wurtz as regional director of sales for aviation in the North American market. Wurtz has a background in both market knowledge and manufacturing, most recently working in airport and transportation sales at Xovis and Amadeus.