I like the blurb about POET, "SAN JOSE, CA, January 16, 2017 - POET Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "POET") (OTCQX: POETF; TSX Venture: PTK), a developer of opto-electronic fabrication processes for the semiconductor industry, ..." Sounds pretty all-encompassing. 

So it looks like our theorizing about costs might be true on both fronts. They are putting lots of feet on the ground to get the technology rolling, but to counter that they are trimming off some of the fat (no offense to any of the trimmed parties but we needed a trimming). I don't expect any movement in the SP from this but it seems positive.

Are we able to form a theme between the announcements? 

I have messaged Rajan Rajgopal and reminded him that his LinkedIn profile needs updating, he seems fairly active as we've talked before.

"Rajgopal is a seasoned semiconductor executive with senior previous roles at top multi-national leaders such as Micron, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Texas Instruments."

"Sankaran led sales activity in the South Asia Pacific region for Cree, a leading global innovator of LED lighting, where he successfully identified and penetrated multiple new countries and implemented sustainable long-term growth strategies. Previously, he held numerous sales as well as product and field engineering roles at Avago, Agilent and Hewlett Packard."

"Dr. Zheng holds 20 years of experience in opto-electronics research, engineering and sales, including new product introductions, production planning, inventory management as well as supply-chain management."

"Thong brings more than two decades of experience in semiconductor fab operations, including plant operations, new-product initiatives, technology development, supply chain management, logistics as well as strategic sourcing. He has specific experience in end-to-end manufacturing - starting from new product introductions to pilot-runs, and ultimately full-scale production and contract manufacturing."

I sense a bit of a theme going there ...