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Sāfilo USA
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Sāfilo USA has announced the appointment of Robin
Scheer Ettinger to the position of vice president of
marketing. In her new position, Robin will direct all
marketing activities for Sāfilo USA's optical and
retail sunglass divisions, as well as the company's
retail division. She joins Sāfilo from The National
Kitchen and Bath Association where, as director of
marketing, she oversaw the association's marketing
initiatives for the $265 billion kitchen and bath
remodeling and design industry.
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Satisloh
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Andy Huthoefer has joined Satisloh
North America as vice president business development.
In this newly created position, he is responsible for
key accounts, strategy, and marketing development. In
his 15 years of optical experience in North America
and Germany, Huthoefer has served as includes director
of strategic planning for Carl Zeiss Vision
International, marketing vice president at Carl Zeiss
Optical and lenses product manager for Carl Zeiss in
Germany.
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REM Eyewear
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REM Eyewear has appointed
industry-veteran Mauro Schena to direct its operations
covering Europe, The Middle East, and Africa. Designed
to reinforce REM's international distribution, Schena
will oversee sales, marketing, and logistics for the
region in which REM has been selling its brands for
nearly two decades. Schena comes to REM with 22 years
of sales experience in the optical industry in Europe,
including work as an optician and buyer.
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Coopervision
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Thomas Shone
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The CooperVision division of The
Cooper Companies is making changes to its management,
including the appointment of Thomas Shone as
president, CooperVision U.S. Shone, who joined
CooperVision in 1990, was previously senior vice
president of strategic marketing. As president, he
will be responsible for the organization's sales,
marketing, customer service and professional relations
functions.
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Jeff McLean
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Steve Reiman has been named VP of strategic accounts;
Mark Bertolin will become VP of sales development and
technology. Reiman previously was senior director of
inside sales and Bertolin was previously senior
director of digital marketing. Jeff McLean continues
as president of the Americas; however, in addition to
operations, McLean will oversee distribution and
packaging throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America,
and Mexico.
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Optical Scientist Honored
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David R. Williams
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David R. Williams, William G. Allyn Professor of
Medical Optics and director of the University of
Rochester's Center for Visual Science, has won the
2007 Alfred W. Bressler Prize in Vision Science,
awarded each year by the Jewish Guild for the Blind.
He accepted the award and the $37,500 prize at a
ceremony last month in New York City. Williams and
colleagues have developed a camera that incorporates
"adaptive optics" to see inside the human
eye more clearly than ever before. The camera can take
pictures of structures as small as single cells at the
back of the living eye.
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WILL BE MISSED
Services Held for Janice Heffner of FEA Industries
Janice Heffner of FEA Industries died on Oct. 26 in Media, Pa., following a brief illness. Heffner, who was 52, served as chief financial officer of FEA Industries, a Morton, Pa.-based wholesale lab, for the past 14 years. Prior to joining FEA, she was a senior accountant for the Philadelphia Electric company.
An integral part of FEA's management team, Heffner was responsible for capital budgeting and financial planning. In the last five years, FEA has grown from 200 jobs per day to over 1,000.
Her fiscal management allowed FEA to grow at a rapid pace without the cash flow constraints encountered by most rapidly growing companies, said
William Heffner, her husband and president of the lab.
In addition to her husband, Heffner is survived by her sons William and Michael and a daughter, Stefanie.
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