Photon Dynamics appoints Elwood Spedden new chief executive officer
JANUARY 29--Photon Dynamics Inc. (San Jose, CA) has named Elwood ("Woody") Spedden the company's new president and chief executive officer. Spedden has been a member of the Photon Dynamics board of directors since April 2002. He also serves as a director of Advanced Energy Industries Inc., a power-conversion and control systems company. From July 1996 to June 1997, Spedden was a vice president of KLA-Tencor Corporation, a supplier of process-control and yield-management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industry.
Spedden replaces Vincent F. Sollitto, president and chief executive officer, who has resigned as an officer and as a director of the company. Sollitto served as Photon Dynamics' president and chief executive officer since June 1996 and was a member of the board of directors since July 1996.