On the move #2

09 Mar 2006

A regular round-up of staff changes within the industry featuring DALSA, Nanoident Organic Fab and JDSU.

•  DALSA puts Doody into internal operations role

DALSA, a developer of image sensing chips, has announced that Brian Doody will fill the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Under the revised structure, Doody will oversee all of the firm's internal operations and focus on increasing the efficiency and productivity of the business. Corporate strategy, strategic technology direction and long term planning will continue to be led by DALSA's CEO, Savvas Chamberlain.

Previously, Doody served as president of the company's CAD$100 million (EURO 72.6 million) digital imaging business. From 1997 he was vice president of manufacturing and before then was vice president of manufacturing and engineering. "Dalsa has grown and now is the right time to place a clear strategic focus at the executive level on our overall operations," said Chamberlain. "The breadth and depth of Brian's 20 years experience at Dalsa certainly qualify him for this new role."

•  Eibensteiner joins organic semiconductor pioneer

Friedrich Eibensteiner has joined Nanoident Organic Fab, an Austrian producer of organic photonic sensors, as executive director. Previously, he helped to establish Tricon, a subsidiary of Trierenbeerg, as a leading solution provider of RFID technology. Eibensteiner studied industrial engineering and management at Johannes Keppler University, Linz, Austria, and was awarded a doctorate in analytical chemistry.

•  JDSU appoints Openwave CFO to board of directors

JDSU has added Harold Covert, Openwave's chief financial officer (CFO), to its board of directors. Prior to joining Openwave, Covert served as CFO at Fortinet, Extreme Networks, Silicon Graphics and Adobe Systems. "I am pleased to welcome such a seasoned finance executive to our board of directors," said Marty Kaplan, chairman of JDSU's board of directors. "Hal has an impressive track record of delivering consistent financial results at Openwave and Adobe, to name a few."

Author
James Tyrrell is News Editor on Optics.org and Opto & Laser Europe magazine.