On June 27, 2019, the Board of Directors of II-VI Incorporated (the Company) appointed Walter R. Bashaw II as the Company's President, effective July 1, 2019. Vincent D. Mattera, Jr. has served as the Company's President since November 2014 and will remain the Company's Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Bashaw, 54, has served as the Company's Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, Administration since October 2018 and previously served as the Company's Interim General Counsel and Secretary from December 2015 until March 2017. The Company's Board of Directors also determined on June 27, 2019 that Giovanni Barbarossa, who most recently served as the Company's Chief Technology Officer, will be reassigned to the position of Chief Strategy Officer, effective July 1, 2019. The Company's Board of Directors appointed Christopher Koeppen, who most recently served as the Company's Vice President, Laser Systems Group, as the Company's Chief Technology Officer, effective July 1, 2019. Gary A. Kapusta, who most recently served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, was reassigned by the Company's Board of Directors to the position of Chief Procurement Officer, effective July 1, 2019. Beginning on July 1, 2019, Vincent D. Mattera, Jr. additionally will serve as the Company's principal operating officer.
Coherent Corp. is a vertically integrated manufacturing company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets engineered materials, optoelectronic components and devices, optical and laser subsystems and systems for use in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Its segments include Networking, Materials, and Lasers. The Networking segment designs, manufactures, and markets products, such as optical and electro-optical components and materials, infrared optical components, semiconductor lasers and detectors, engineered materials, and compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers. The Materials segment manufactures transceivers for data centers and telecom optical networks, pump lasers, optical amplifiers, crystal materials, optics, lasers and optoelectronic modules. The Lasers segment offers lasers and optics products that serve industrial customers in semiconductor and display capital equipment, precision manufacturing, and aerospace and defense.
COHERENT CORP. 
