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Blue Sky Research, manufacturer of optical network components, announced that Sandip (Bill) Basu has joined the company as vice president and CFO.. . .Curtis Crawford has been named president and CEO of Onix Microsystems Inc., a developer and manufacturer of optically transparent switches for communication networks.. . .Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, announced that Alistair Banham has been named senior vice president and general manager of its new Standard Products Global Sales and Marketing unit. He is responsible for worldwide marketing and sales activities related to discretes and multimarket integrated circuits products.