Samuel Sadoulet has been in the optics and photonics industry for over 25 years. He is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Edmund Optics and has been instrumental in establishing Edmund Optics as one of the industry leaders in customer service and technical solutions. In addition, Samuel Sadoulet is a strategic advisor and board member at several companies in the photonics and biomedical industries and chairs the SPIE's Executive Advisory Group. He is also an author of articles, seminar leader and member of expert committees and regularly gives guest lectures at various universities.

According to SPIE, Fellows are "members who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the interdisciplinary fields of optics, photonics and imaging". Each year, select members are made Fellows to recognize their technical achievements and services to the optics and photonics fields, as well as their contributions to the SPIE.