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Hubert Kostal was appointed vice president of marketing and sales at NanoOpto Corp. Kostal was previously vice president of marketing for SpectraSwitch Inc. NanoOpto Corp., which is applying proprietary nano-optics and nano-manufacturing technology to design and make components for optical networking, also announced this week that it has closed a $16-million Series "A" round of venture financing.. . .Christian Lepiane has been named vice president of worldwide sales for Oplink Communications Inc.. . .Max Lyon was appointed president and CEO of LifeSpex Inc., a biophotonics company developing laser-based products for cancer diagnosis.