ABB has made changes to the leadership of two business areas within the executive committee, effective April 1. Morten Wierod, currently president of motion, will become president of electrification. Tarak Mehta, currently president of electrification, will become president of motion. Mehta and Wierod both joined the company in 1998 and have held various management positions. Morten Wierod. Courtesy of ABB. Tarak Mehta. Courtesy of ABB. BOLTON, Mass. — Optical technology company Headwall Photonics hired Mikhael Jobran as regional sales manager for the Northeastern United States. He has previous experience in sales and applications-development positions at Galaxy Scientific and Teledyne Princeton Instruments. Paris Watts-Stanfield. Courtesy of IDEX Corp. LAKE FOREST, Ill. — IDEX Corp. appointed Paris Watts-Stanfield to its board of directors. Watts-Stanfield will serve on the board’s audit committee. She currently serves as vice president and CFO, Greater China, at Medtronic. Erika Bechtold. Courtesy of UpNano GmbH. VIENNA — Additive manufacturing technology company UpNano GmbH added Erika Bechtold as vice president of U.S. operations as it expands its business into the American market. Bechtold is currently the director of technology commercialization at Harvard’s Office for Technology Development. Bechtold will also be involved in supporting ImageBiopsy Lab Inc.