Dario De Paolis has been named vice president and general manager of The Light Brigade, responsible for strategic development and management of worldwide operations, the fiber optic training provider announced. De Paolis, with more than 20 years of leadership experience, has served as director of worldwide sales of a Fluke Corp. div. of Danaher Corp. and was the business unit manager and director of sales operations for AMPAC. Most recently, he worked at PartMiner Worldwide Inc. as vice president of worldwide component sales. Since 1987, The Light Brigade has instructed 43,000 attendees in its public and custom classes on fiber optic design, maintenance and testing. The company also produces educational DVDs and CDs. For more information, visit: www.lightbrigade.com