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Advanced Photonix Promotes Rob Risser to COO
With over eighteen years in the optical field and industry knowledge, combined with his financial and strategic expertise, Risser brings valuable experience and background to the COO position.
Advanced Photonix has promoted Robin Risser, currently the Chief Financial Officer to Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors.
Richard Kurtz President and CEO of Advanced Photonix, stated, “Our rapidly expanding sales pipeline in our fast growth areas of high speed optical receivers and Terahertz is driving our need to implement organisational changes to best respond to these opportunities. After reviewing the skills and market knowledge necessary to be the COO of API we found the ideal candidate to fulfil the role in Rob Risser, our current CFO.”
“With over eighteen years in the optical field and industry knowledge, combined with his financial and strategic expertise, Rob brings valuable experience and background to the COO position. We need to build on our strong internal management talent pool in conjunction with new external management expertise. Rob will also continue to serve as our CFO while we conduct a search for his replacement. Having worked with Rob for the past six years I know he will be instrumental in helping API grow to the next level in the shortest possible time frame.”
Rob Risser commented, “I would like to thank the Board of Directors for this vote of confidence and embrace the challenge of accelerating API’s growth.”
