EMCORE Corporation announced the appointment of Dr. Hank Blauvelt to chief technology officer for the company, reporting to chief executive officer, Jeffrey Rittichier. Dr. Blauvelt joined the company in December 2007 as Chief Scientist with principal responsibility for the development of technologies for linear fiber optic applications. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Blauvelt, whose career in lightwave communications spans over thirty-five years, was named chief technology officer for Xponent in October 2001 until 2007.

He was employed by Ortel Corporation between 1985 and 2000, when the company was acquired by Lucent Technologies. In 1992 he was promoted to VP Fiber Optics Technology at Ortel, and after Ortel's acquisition, Dr. Blauvelt was named Chief Technologist for Optical Access Products at Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems.