Ocean Optics expands OEM business with David Creasey
Dunedin, FL--Ocean Optics (parent company Halma) appointed David Creasey to the newly created position of director of OEM Business in order to meet the growing global demand for its OEM engineering services. Creasey will lead the company’s OEM sales and engineering teams in providing expert integration support to original equipment manufacturers.
As Director of OEM Business, Creasey will lead the Ocean Optics global OEM engineering and sales teams, located at their ISO 9001-2008 certified manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Ocean Optics offers a variety of spectrometer models, custom photometric systems, light sources, sample holders, and optical fibers in thousands of configurations, supported by a team of engineers poised to address any mechanical, software, optical, or electronic integration need. Ocean OEM offers integrated system and sub-system manufacturing, inventory control of customer owned material, and lean manufacturing practices such as Kanban releases for JIT shipment.
Creasey joined Ocean Optics in May, 2010 as OEM sales manager for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and has achieved significant growth in these regions, working with customers from product inception to product release. Prior to joining Ocean Optics, he served as the OEM sales manager for Photonic Solutions (Edinburgh, Scotland), and earlier as a development engineer for BAE Systems (Southampton, England). He received his BSc. (Hons.) and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Leeds (Leeds, England).
SOURCE: Ocean Optics; http://halmapr.com/news/oceanoptics/2011/11/04/ocean-optics-expands-oem-team/
IMAGE: Ocean Optics hires David Creasey to direct its OEM Business. (Courtesy Ocean Optics)
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