.Katie Schwertz, Elderly Person Supervisor of Optical Assemblies & Technology at Edmund Optics, has been actually picked as the 2024 recipient of the SPIE Head of state's Honor. She is actually identified for outstanding company to SPIE and also the optics area through job that advances optical units style, interacts students, and also portions the exhilaration of optics with the general public.As an SPIE Senior Member, Katie is actually an energetic factor to the optics community, having actually provided at numerous conferences and authored two publications along with SPIE Push, featuring Photonics General Rules and Guidebook to Optomechanical Design and Study. Her interaction with the company includes providing on association system boards, the Nominating and also Management Development Committee, and as a past SPIE Panel of Supervisors participant. In addition, she has actually participated in the SPIE Learning Board and also the Sex Equity Task Force, which intends to boost level playing fields as well as acknowledgment within the optics community.For Edmund Optics, Katie has actually focused on various image resolution device concepts, tolerancing, reviews, and prototype examinations in compressed durations for both interior growth and outside customers. She acquired her BS in Optics coming from the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and also her MS in Optical Sciences coming from the College of Arizona. She currently functions as a Board member for the Arizona Innovation Council as well as Co-Chair of their Optics Valley industry collection." Our company are extremely happy to observe Katie Schwertz recognized with the SPIE President's Award for her dedication as well as impactful payments to the optics area," stated Marisa Edmund, Leader of the Panel as well as Principal Advertising & Marketing Officer at Edmund Optics. "Her devotion to evolving visual bodies style and impressive the future generation of developers shows the development and also leadership our experts pursue at Edmund Optics.".