Edmund Optics® Appoints New Chief Financial Officer to Prepare for Industry Growth
“The demand for optical technology requires us to invest in, and scale, our operations,” says Samuel Sadoulet, Chief Executive Officer of Edmund Optics. “As Edmund Optics continues to evolve in response to a dynamic business environment, our management structures must adapt to better serve our customers.”
New CFO, Linda Fonner, comes to Edmund Optics with more than 30 years of global management experience at companies such as Phillips & Cohen Associates, Atotech (an MKS Brand), Bristol-Myers Squibb, West Pharmaceutical, and Vesuvius, a Cookson Group Company. In her career Fonner has worked in the Asia-Pacific, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas regions.
She has led financial and operational transformations in chemical manufacturing, pharmaceutical distribution, medical device manufacturing, and high-temperature ceramic castings for the steel, foundry, and glass industries. She has expertise in setting collaborative strategy, long-term planning, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), global financial operations, and system implementations. Linda’s international leadership skills are based broadly across finance, operations, IT, and P&L roles for companies ranging in size from $50M through Fortune 500. She has experience acquiring, divesting, and integrating companies and has successfully navigated complex global regulatory environments.
“I am delighted to join a leader in the optical technology space and work with the management team to evolve the fastgrowing organization in order to meet the complex demands of our customers,” says Linda.
Edmund Optics® (EO) is a leading global supplier of optics, imaging, and photonics technology that has served a variety of markets including Life Sciences, Biomedical, Industrial Inspection, Semiconductor, R&D, and Defense since 1942. EO designs and manufactures a wide array of optical components, multi-element lenses, imaging systems, and optomechanical equipment, while supporting OEM applications with volume production of stock and custom products. Operating in more than 18 facilities around the globe, EO employs approximately 1,250 employees and continues to expand.
EO takes pride in helping customers from prototype to volume production, and specializes in creating cost-effective solutions that meet our customer’s specifications, timelines, and budgets. Whether requirements include stock optics, a build-to-print custom optical component, expert application engineering to optimize the design, or a completely custom design to customer-supplied requirements, our engineers can create ideal solutions for each unique optical challenge. Every step of the way, Edmund Optics® is committed to ensuring product and procedural quality.
Edmund Optics
Isaac-Fulda-Allee 5
55124 Mainz
Telefon: +49 (6131) 5700-0
Telefax: +49 (6131) 2172-306
http://www.edmundoptics.de
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E-Mail: adelle@edmundoptics.de
