Sintx Technologies Inc., a Salt Lake City ceramics company supplying silicon nitride products to the industrial and biomedical sectors, has named Eric K. Olson to succeed Dr. B. Sonny Bal as the company’s CEO and president. Bal will continue to serve as chairman of the company’s board of directors.

For over 30 years, Olson has been a founder and entrepreneur in a broad range of medical device, diagnostic, biologic and biomaterial companies. Most recently he founded and served as CEO of Foresite Innovations LLC, a private healthcare innovation and development holding company. He previously served as CEO and president of Please log in to see the rest of this story.