Jenoptik Extends CEO Contract: People in the News: 9/4/24

Jenoptik extended the contract of company CEO Stefan Traeger. The extension will come into effect July 2025 and will run through June 2028. Traeger has acted as Jenoptik’s president and CEO since 2017 and serves as non-executive director of AIXTRON SE.

Stefan Traeger. Courtesy of Jenoptik.

SHEFFIELD, England — Photodiode and infrared sensor developer Phlux Technology appointed Christian Rookes vice president of marketing, Brian Williams vice president of operations, and John Fuller director of engineering. Rookes has more than 25 years of experience in semiconductor and technology sectors, most recently as vice president of marketing and business development at HiLight Semiconductor. Williams is currently CEO of Ultraleap Manufacturing with over 35 years of semiconductor sector experience. Fuller previously served as engineering director at Gas Sensing Solutions.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Laser Photonics Corporation added Tim Miller to its board of directors. Miller has served as president of Control Micro Systems, a builder of laser marking systems, since 1983.

Mike Campbell. Courtesy of LIS Technologies.

NEW YORK — Laser uranium enrichment company LIS Technologies Inc. appointed Mike Campbell chair of the executive advisory board for laser and nuclear technologies and John Shimkus chair of energy policy. Throughout his 40-year career, Campbell has held various scientific and leadership positions at laboratories including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he originated the National Ignition Facility; General Atomics; Logos Technologies; and Sandia National Laboratory. Shimkus is a former representative of Illinois' 15th Congressional District where he served as a senior member and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and later as the Republican leader of its Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee.