ROFIN-SINAR LASER - Key Persons
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- Chief Transformation Officer
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- Chief Information Officer
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- Executive VP
- Executive VP, Telecommunications
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- Chief Human Resources Officer
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- Executive Vice President, Lasers Business
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- CEO
- President
- CEO and President of MCAPS, LLP
- Managing Partner With BlueTree Venture Fund
- Member of the Board of Directors of SRI International
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- Consultant
- Retired General Manager, Vodafone China Limited
Dr. Xia currently serves as a consultant to the telecommunications industry. Dr. Xia served as General Manager of Vodafone China Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc, a telecommunications company, from 2001 to 2014. From 1994 to 2001, he served as a Director, Technology Strategy for Vodafone AirTouch Plc and AirTouch Communications, Inc. He served as a Senior Staff Engineer at Telesis Technology Laboratory from 1992 to 1994, and was a Senior Engineer at PacTel Cellular from 1990 to 1992.
Dr. Xia holds a B.S. degree in Physics from South China Normal University, and an M.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Electrophysics, from Polytechnic School of Engineering of New York University. Dr. Xia's extensive knowledge of, and experience in, the telecommunications industry, his knowledge of international business, including with China, and his strong leadership skills make him a valuable member of our Board. In particular, his experience and knowledge of telecommunications in Asia contribute to the Board's breadth of knowledge in this area.
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- CEO
- Co - Founder
- President
- Co - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Auragent Bioscience
- Co - Founder, President and CEO, Auragent Bioscience, LLC, Retired President and CEO SunEdison Semiconductor LLC
Dr. Sadasivam is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Auragent Bioscience, LLC. He also serves on the boards FTC Solar, Inc., a public company, and of three private companies, Sfara, Dclimate Inc., and Sea Pharma, LLC, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chesterfield Montessori School in Chesterfield, MO. In 2016, Dr. Sadasivam retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of SunEdison Semiconductor Limited, a leading manufacturer of advanced semiconductors for electronics, a position he held from 2013. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Executive Vice President and President, Semiconductor Materials Business Unit of SunEdison, Inc. (a predecessor to SunEdison Semiconductor Limited, formerly known as MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.).
From 2002 to 2009, Dr. Sadasivam served as Senior Vice President Research and Development of SunEdison, Inc. Dr. Sadasivam holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras and Indian Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Washington University's Olin School of Business, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University. Dr. Sadasivam brings to the Board his extensive experience related to the semiconductor industry, and insight into areas including operations, product development and engineering management.
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- Lead Independent Director
- Senior Advisor
- Lead Independent Director - Senior Advisor to Technology Companies and Manufacturing Firms, Retired CFO and SVP Covisint
Mr. Digirolamo is currently a senior advisor to technology companies and manufacturing firms. From 2013 to 2017, Mr. Digirolamo served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Covisint Corporation, a leading cloud computing company for the internet of Things and Identity platforms. Mr. Digirolamo was with Allstate Insurance from 2010 to 2013, where he served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Finance. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Digirolamo served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for General Motors in Europe. During a 31-year career with General Motors, Mr. Digirolamo held a variety of senior executive positions throughout the corporation, including 12 years outside the United States.
Mr. Digirolamo served on the board of directors of Metromedia International Group from 2010 to 7 2017; Premier Trailer Leasing, Inc., from 2012-2013; and Identifix from 2013-2014. Mr. Digirolamo holds a B.S. degree from Central Michigan University, and an M.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University, and completed the Senior Executive Program at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a member of the Dean's Leadership Roundtable at Central Michigan University, and a member of the Detroit Opera House board of directors and board of trustees. Mr. Digirolamo has extensive experience leading complex global businesses and has a broad financial, general management, and board oversight background.
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- Chief Shared Services and Supply Chain Officer
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- Chief Strategy Officer and President, Materials Segment
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- Chief Accounting Officer
- Controller
- Senior Vice President
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- Retired President, CEO and Director, CONMED Corporation
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- Executive VP, Datacom Transceivers
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- CEO
- CEO of the University of Colorado School of Medicine
- CEO, Aurora Wellness Community
- Vice Chair of the Rocky Mountain Public Media / PBS
Lisa Neal-Graves is CEO of the University of Colorado School of Medicine nonprofit entity, the Aurora Wellness Community, an innovative collaborative to address the social determinants of health. Prior to her current role, Ms. Neal-Graves served as the Chief Innovation Officer for the Colorado Attorney General; General Counsel and Chief Marketing Officer of Universal Plasma, LLC, an early-stage antenna technology company; Vice President and General Manager of the Cloud Strategic Product Group for Zayo Group; and in various roles at Intel Corporation, including Corporate Counsel for the CIO and positions of increasing responsibility and impact for the company's strategic technology and research planning. Ms. Neal-Graves also held positions such as Vice President of R&D, Chief Technology Officer, Senior VP/General Manager, and Chief Information Officer with industry frontrunners such as Unisys, Chase, Deloitte, Lucent, and AT&T.
In addition to serving as a director on the board of Coherent Corp., Ms. Neal-Graves is the vice chair of the Rocky Mountain Public Media/PBS board of directors and a director on the board of BEN Colorado. Ms. Neal-Graves is a graduate of Hampton University, where she obtained her undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. She also holds a master's in Computer Science from Michigan State University (with an emphasis in Artificial Intelligence), a master's in Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law.
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- Vice President & General Counsel, Global Compliance
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- Vice President of Internal Audit / Coherent Corp.
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- Director
- Director F5 Networks, Former Director, Finisar Corporation and Retired COO Silicon Valley Bank
Mr. Dreyer served as the Chief Operations Officer of Silicon Valley Bank from September 2015 to April 2019. Before joining Silicon Valley Bank, Mr. Dreyer was President and Chief Operating Officer of Monitise Americas, LLC, a subsidiary of Monitise plc, a company providing mobile banking and payment services, from 2014 to September 2015. Mr. Dreyer was the global head of technology and Chief Information Officer at VISA Inc., from 2005 to 2014. Previously, Mr. Dreyer was Chief Information Officer of Inovant, LLC, a company providing electronic payment processing services. He has also held executive positions at VISA USA (Senior Vice President of Processing and Emerging Products, and Senior Vice President of Commercial Solutions). Additionally, Mr. Dreyer held senior positions at American Express Co, Prime Financial, Inc., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Downey Savings, Bank of America, and the Fairmont Hotel Management Company.
Mr. Dreyer served as a member of the board of directors of Finisar Corporation ("Finisar") from December 2015 through September 24, 2019 (the effective date of the Company's acquisition of Finisar), and is currently a director of F5 Networks, Inc., a developer and provider of software-defined application services. Mr. Dreyer received an M.B.A. and a B.A. in psychology from Washington State University. Mr. Dreyer brings to the Board extensive executive and leadership experience, as well as expertise in various aspects of the financial and banking industries.
Ms. Hatter was the Chief Customer Officer of Palo Alto Networks, Inc., a multinational cybersecurity company, where she served from August 2019 to December 2022. From July 2017 to August 2019, Ms. Hatter worked as a strategic advisor to various private companies. Ms. Hatter previously served as the General Manager and Senior Vice President - Services and Interim Chief Information Officer of 8 McAfee, LLC, a global computer security software company, from January 2017 to July 2017, and was the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President - Operations, at McAfee, LLC, from 2010 to June 2015. Ms. Hatter additionally served as the Chief Information Officer - Intel Security and General Manager - Security & Software at Intel Corporation, a leader in the semiconductor industry, from June 2015 to January 2016.
Ms. Hatter also held various leadership roles at Cisco Systems, Inc., and AT&T Corporation. Ms. Hatter served on the board of directors of Barrick Gold Corporation, an international mining company from April 2018 until January 2019, and the board of directors of Qualys, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, from October 2018 until August 2019. Ms. Hatter holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Among the attributes that qualify Ms. Hatter to serve as a member of our Board are her experience in executive roles at various cybersecurity and technology companies and her prior experience on boards of directors of public companies.
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- Vice President, Investor Relations
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- Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
- Corporate Secretary
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- Private Investor, Retired President and CEO, MIPS Technologies, Inc
- Xilinx in 1996 As Director
Since February 2013, Mr. Vij has been a private investor. Previously, he held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer and was a member of the board of directors of MIPS Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of processor architectures and cores, from January 2010 until its sale in February 2013. In addition, Mr. Vij was the Vice President and General Manager of the Broadband and Consumer Division of Cavium Networks, Inc., a provider of highly integrated semiconductor products, from May 2008 to January 2010. Prior to that, he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Services, and Support for Xilinx, Inc., a digital programmable logic device provider, from 2007 to April 2008. From 2001 to 2006, he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Xilinx. From 1997 to 2001, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the General Products Division at Xilinx.
Mr. Vij joined Xilinx in 1996 as Director of FPGA Marketing. He is a graduate of General Electric's Edison Engineering Program and Advanced Courses in Engineering. He holds an MSEE from Stanford University and a BSEE from San Jose State University. Mr. Vij's years of executive and management experience in the high-technology industry, including serving as the chief executive officer of another public company, his service on the board of another publicly held company, and his years of service as a director of Coherent, make him a valuable member of the Board.
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- Executive Vice President, New Ventures & Wide - Bandgap Electronics Technologies
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- Managing Director
- Managing Director of Bain Capital Private Equity, LP
Mr. Pagliuca is a Managing Director of Bain Capital Private Equity, LP, a global private equity firm, and Co-Chair of Bain Capital, LP. He is also a Managing General Partner and co-owner of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. Mr. Pagliuca joined Bain & Company in 1982, and founded the Information Partners private equity fund for Bain Capital in 1989. Prior to joining Bain, Mr. Pagliuca worked as a senior accountant and international tax specialist for Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company in the Netherlands.
Mr. Pagliuca is a former director of Burger King Holdings, Inc., HCA, Inc. (Hospital Corporation of America), Kioxia Holdings Corporation, Quintiles Transnational Corporation, Warner Chilcott PLC and the Weather Company. Mr. Pagliuca received a B.A. from Duke University in 1977, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1982. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Axis Bank, Ltd., Gartner, Inc., and Virgin Voyages.
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- Private Investor, Retired Senior Vice President, Atmel Corporation
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- President, Networking Segment
Walter R. Bashaw II joined Coherent Corp. in 2018 and has been President of the company since 2019. Mr. Bashaw previously served as Vice President of Strategy. In this role, he was primarily responsible for the company's M&A and integration work. Prior to joining Coherent, Mr. Bashaw was a senior partner at the law firm of Sherrard, German & Kelly in Pittsburgh, where his areas of expertise were corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and technology planning. Mr. Bashaw has broad emerging-company experience and regularly works on complex corporate transactions with manufacturing, e-commerce, real estate, medical service providers, and high-tech companies.
He was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1993 and the Maryland bar in 2004. Mr. Bashaw holds a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, from which he graduated cum laude and at which he was the editor-in-chief of the University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law and Commerce. He holds a B.S. in Logistics from the Pennsylvania State University.