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title: "2018 OSA Fellow: Mike Mandina - Optimax Systems, Inc"
description: "Optimax President, Mike Mandina, was named a 2018 OSA Fellow. \"For business leadership within the greater Rochester optics community and the U.S. and ...\""
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# [2018 OSA Fellow: Mike Mandina - Optimax Systems, Inc](https://www.optimaxsi.com/news/2018-osa-fellow-mike-mandina)

 Written by [carriefalzone](https://www.optimaxsi.com/news/author/carriefalzone) | Sep 9, 2017

Optimax President, Mike Mandina, was named a 2018 OSA Fellow. “For business leadership within the greater Rochester optics community and the U.S. and global optics industry, and technical leadership in the development of an innovative, high-speed polishing technique called VIBE.”<https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/fellow_members/recent_fellows/2018_fellows/>

[Learn more](https://www.optica.org/get_involved/awards_and_honors/fellow_members/elected_fellows/2018_fellows/)

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