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New names at Cohu’s helm

Cohu has announced two new senior appointments at the top of its Electronics Division: Thomas D Kampfer is Cofu Electronics’ new President and General Manager; Nuriel Lapidot is the division’s new Vice President of Engineering.
May 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Cohu’s Tom Kampfer, President & General Manager
29 Cohu has announced two new senior appointments at the top of its Electronics Division: Thomas D Kampfer is Cohu Electronics’ new President and General Manager; Nuriel Lapidot is the division’s new Vice President of Engineering.

Kampfer has over 25 years’ experience in a wide range of technology businesses, from startups to public companies. Most recently he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of a San Diego-based manufacturer of electronic device accessories for athletes.

Lapidot has previously held a variety of senior engineering management positions at Curtiss-Wright, Kontron, NextWave Broadband, L-3 Communications and Qualcomm. He holds an MSME degree from MIT and a BSME degree from Cornell University.

Kampfer and Lapidot are at National Harbor this week for the ITS America Annual Meeting  where Cohu Electronics is exhibiting its range of high-performance camera systems. These are now centre stage on Cohu’s redesigned and relaunched website. This now includes a support section where customers can find downloads, documentation and software support for all Cohu cameras.

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