Jenoptik Appoints New Director

Jenoptik Optical Systems, LLC (Jupiter, FL) appointed Robin Swain as their senior director of the Silicon Valley Application Center. He is now responsible for developing and executing new business strategies to accelerate business growth, as well as head up the Applications Center in Fremont, CA, which serves West Coast customers with unique engineering and product development needs. “Robin’s proven leadership abilities and enviable track record of successfully implementing large scale programs and developing engineering systems for customers will help us meet the evolving demands of the global marketplace,” said Jay Kumler, the President of Jenoptik Optical Systems.

Swain has a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA in Technology Management. He has more than 29 years of experience in the photonics industry. Most recently, he served as the general manager of the Integrated Solutions business unit at MKS Instruments and previously as the senior director of engineering and vice president of engineering at Technical Solutions Group (now part of BAE Systems) and other roles at Newport (now part of MKS), Western Digital Corporation (now part of Hitachi) and Phase Metrics Corporation (now part of KLA-Tencor).

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