Peter V. Leigh was named vice president of finance and CFO at OmniVision Technologies Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif., supplier of CMOS image sensors for high-volume imaging applications. He succeeds John T. Rossi, who has resigned. Leigh was formerly CFO of Metron Technology, a provider of materials and services to the semiconductor industry, and previously was CFO at Liposome Technology and controller at Bio-Rad Laboratories.Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaArticlesOMNIVISION Achieves Two Sensor FirstsSemiconductor technology and digital image company OMNIVISION has developed pixel technology that is smaller than the wavelength of red light. The company’s OVBOA is a 200-MP image sensor with...Vision Spectra Winter 2022 IssuePhotonics Tech Shines at CES 2024The Consumer Electronics Show, the flagship event of the Consumer Technology Association, opened its doors Tuesday. 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