Robert Friel New PerkinElmer President and COO
Aug 1, 2007 — Robert F. Friel is PerkinElmer Inc.'s president and chief operating officer as of today, the company announced. He is expected to be elected CEO in February, when Greg Summe -- who Friel succeeds as president -- will become executive chairman of the board until the April 2009 annual shareholders meeting, the company said. Friel, who joined the Waltham, Mass., provider of digital imaging, specialty lighting and sensor technologies in 1999 as its chief financial officer, was appointed vice...