Lidar Solutions developer Cepton Inc. appointed Mitch Hourtienne CCO, a newly created role for the company. Hourtienne joined Cepton in 2018 and helped establish the company’s center of excellence in Detroit. Prior to Cepton, Hourtienne held positions in engineering, product management, and business development at Sensata Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon, and Continental. LEUVEN, Belgium — Swave Photonics welcomed Andrzej Kaczorowski as digital holography fellow for the company. Kaczorowski brings to the company research and commercial experience in computer-generated holography, augmented reality, and computer graphics. He has been recognized by the industry for his technological prowess, transforming innovative ideas into market-ready prototypes. Niels Nielsen. Courtesy of Sparrow Quantum. COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sparrow Quantum, a Danish quantum technology company, added Niels Nielsen to its board of directors. Nielsen is co-founder of the investment firm 2xN, which added Sparrow to its portfolio in May in a move that culminated in a seed funding round. AUSTIN, Texas — Focused Energy, a laser-based fusion startup, appointed Pravesh Patel CTO. Patel joined Focused Energy in 2022 as its scientific director, and before that he was a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. OTTAWA, Ontario — Enablence Technologies, a provider of photonics semiconductors for datacom, telecom, automotive, and artificial intelligence, appointed Stan Besko CFO, replacing T. Paul Rowland. Besko joins with experience at Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems. Nostics CFO Vincent Laban (left) and CEO Jeroen Nieuwenhuis. Courtesy of Nostics. AMSTERDAM — Nostics, a medical diagnostics startup, appointed Jeroen Nieuwenhuis CEO, transitioning former CEO Vincent Laban to the position of CFO. Nieuwenhuis has held roles in R&D, strategy, and business development, and he helped lead the spinout of the Minicare technology from Philips, which facilitates swift point-of-care heart attack diagnosis. BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — SkyWater Technology named John Sakamoto president and COO. Sakamoto has 25 years of experience in executive leadership positions with Altera, Intel, and Marvell. Jan Bogdanov. Courtesy of LightCode Photonics. TARTU, Estonia — LightCode Photonics appointed Jan Bogdanov CEO, replacing Heli Valtna. Bogdanov co-founded the company along with Valtna and previously served as head of applications engineering.