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Job Info

Employer:
IPG Photonics

Employer Home Page:
http://www.ipgphotonics.com/

Position Type:
Management

David Hardwick's Job:
He is the vice president and general manager of IPG Photonics; a manufacturer of active fiber optic telecommunications components.

My Previous Jobs:
In 1960 he was employed at the Honeywell Research Center.  A few years later he joined the new company called Spectra-Physics.  A decade after that he joined Coherent Radiation Laboratories.  Since then,  he has worked in scientific or management positions in a handful of photonics companies,  including Lasertron,  Polytec PI,  Valtec,  and Melles Griot.

Career Facts

Employer Type:
Corporate

Current Location:
Sturbridge, MA

Physics Degree:
Bachelor

Educational Information

He earned his BS in physics and English from St. Johns University in Minnesota.

More about David Hardwick

Direct link to David Hardwick's profile:
http://www.aip.org/pt/may00/optics.htm

Biography:

He earned his BS in physics and English from St. Johns University in Minnesota.  He has worked in scientific or management positions in over half a dozen photonics companies.  He is currently employed through IPG Photonics as Vice President and general manager.