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Seppo Orsila nominated as CEO of Modulight

Date Announced: 12 Sep 2019

Finnish laser firm looking to scale up.

Palo Alto, California & Tampere FINLAND, 10th September 2019 – Modulight, Inc., a leading biomedical & semiconductor laser manufacturer, announced today nomination of Mr. Seppo Orsila as President & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Orsila’s nomination is effective immediately. Dr. Petteri Uusimaa will simultaneously move to new role as Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Modulight, Inc.

The changes in leadership are part of continuous development as company continues to progress at accelerating pace. Dr. Uusimaa and Mr. Orsila continue to lead the company jointly as business partners and the largest shareholders.

“I’m truly excited about the steps we’ve taken in the recent years and see this transformation as yet another opportunity to help us serve customers even better as we continue to scale the business rapidly”, says Seppo Orsila, Chairman & CEO of Modulight, and continues: “Petteri’s role has been instrumental in the development of the company and going forward I trust that we will see even greater contribution from him as we scale up the business together.”

Petteri Uusimaa comments: ”I believe this change will help us to accelerate the growth even faster. This involves also adoption of complementary technologies along with our current capabilities where I believe my long-term experience on Modulight’s core technologies and strengths turns out to be valuable.”

Source: Modulight

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Modulight, Inc.

Hermiankatu 22

FI-33720 Tampere

FINLAND

Tel. +358 20 743 9000

E-mail: sales@modulight.com

Web Site: www.modulight.com

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