Kenneth Beltran has been appointed as the director of operations and technology at Charles & Colvard. He has been associated with the company since October 2006, in the spheres of quality assurance and process development engineering. %% The company has been endeavouring to maintain its technological leadership in proprietary lab-created jewels. It is the only entity across the globe for lab-created moissanite. Beltran is being entrusted to focus on developing programmes that will help achieve the aims of the corporate overall. Beltran is a degree holder in mechanical engineering.