May 2014
| BusinessWorld | 177
ick Plympton is very proud of the work
being done at Optimax Systems Inc.
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After all, as chief executive officer of the
Rochester, N.Y.-area company, he oversees an
operation that manufactures the precision optics
behind some of the latest breakthrough
technologies across a wide swath of industries –
including aerospace, defense, medical and
consumer electronics.
But if you ask the Empire State native about
the most rewarding elements of his position
at the 23-year-old company, his go-to answer
just might come as a surprise – culturally
speaking.
