Cutting Edge Optronics, Inc. (CEO; St. Charles, MO), a TRW laser company, recently made two new appointments to its sales staff at the St. Charles, MO location. Dean Micke, formerly a mechanical designer for CEO's laser diode division, Industrial Microphotonics Company (IMC), has been promoted to sales manager for that division. Prior to joining CEO, Micke served as an instructor for Unigraphics CAD/CAM systems at Polster Tool Engineering and initiated design and manufacturing improvements for various scientific, space, military and industrial laser systems at McDonnell Douglas Corp. Micke has been with CEO for five years and holds a BS in Industrial Technology from Northeast Missouri State University.

Kevin O'Donnell joined CEO in early August as industrial laser sales manager. O'Donnell formerly served as an account manager in the Photonics Technologies Division of Corning. His past experience includes sales positions with Spectra-Physics Lasers, Marconi Data Systems, The Standard Register Company, and U.S. West Paging, Inc./Bell Atlantic Mobile. O'Donnell holds a BS from the University of Arizona.