FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 2016
Mark Enright Joins Amplitude Laser Group
Evry, France – Amplitude Laser Group, one of the world’s leading providers of high energy and ultrafast lasers for
scientific, industrial, and commercial applications, has announced the hiring of Mark Enright as the new Chief
Executive Officer of Continuum. Mark has assumed his responsibilities on April 25, 2016 and will be operating
from the Continuum headquarters in San Jose, CA.
Following the successful acquisition of Continuum in 2014, Amplitude Laser Group has been actively consolidating
resources in the America’s region at the Continuum facility in San Jose. The hiring of Mark Enright is the most
recent in the series of developments highlighting the company’s commitment to setting Continuum on the
transformative growth path. Earlier this year, Continuum facility became a US sales, service, and manufacturing hub
for the Amplitude Laser Group, followed by an announcement by the company to extend its capabilities to include
production, sales, and service of high peak power femtosecond lasers from its California facility.
“We are very excited to have Mark join the Amplitude Laser Group as the CEO of Continuum. Mark will be
spearheading the development of the Group’s activities in North America,” said Gilles Riboulet, CEO of Amplitude
Technologies. “Mark makes an excellent addition to our team - his expertise, strong leadership skills, and
commitment to innovation are in line with our vision of growth for the company,” added Eric Mottay, CEO of
Amplitude Systemes.
Mark brings to the company more than 30 years of experience in the optics and photonics industry in all areas of
management, including operations, engineering, and sales and marketing. He has a MS of Engineering from
Stanford University, and most recently served as the CEO of Quantel USA.
“I am thrilled and humbled to be joining Gilles, Eric, and the entire Amplitude Laser Group team. The company’s
commitment to providing the highest performance laser systems to scientific and industrial customers worldwide
made joining this team an easy decision. We look forward to the challenges ahead,” concluded Mark Enright.
For more information contact Benjamin Buyl, +33 (0)5 56 46 40 60, bbuyl@amplitudelasergroup.com
About The Companies
Amplitude Laser Group, a French-based company, is one of the world’s leading providers of high energy and
ultrafast lasers. From petawatt peak powers to kilojoule pulse energies and high average power industrial systems,
Amplitude offers a wide range of systems for medical, industrial and research applications.
Continuum Electro-Optics, Inc., a subsidiary of Amplitude Laser Group, headquartered in San
Jose, CA, manufactures and markets a complete family of high energy Nd:YAG, tunable and ultrafast laser products
worldwide to industrial and scientific markets.
www.amplitude-technologies.com
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www.continuumlasers.com
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www.amplitude-systemes.com