Aiming to become the global leader in chip-scale photonic solutions by deploying Optical Interposer technology to enable the seamless integration of electronics and photonics for a broad range of vertical market applications

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Rich Zoccolillo has been appointed Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Product Management. Zoccolillo joins Poet with extensive experience in the photonics industry, including senior management roles at Infinera, Opnext and Lucent Technology’s optical networking business.

POET’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, commented, “Rich brings a vast network of executive, technical and operational relationships to POET that he’s developed over a 30-plus year career in the photonics industry, dating back to Bell Labs in the late 1980’s. We believe Rich will be a tremendous asset to the Company’s marketing and growth initiatives by leveraging POET’s highly differentiated Optical Interposer Platform across expanded opportunities in both the Datacom and Telecom markets.”

Zoccolillo will report to Dr. Venkatesan with responsibilities to include strategic marketing to customers, management of the Company’s product sales activities as well as driving a growing pipeline of new business opportunities and prospective partnership engagements.

Commenting on his appointment, Rich Zoccolillo, stated, “I am excited to join POET during this period of dynamic growth in the photonics industry, which is largely being driven by demand from cloud data centers and next-generation 5G communications. By leveraging its disruptive technology platform for the integration of electronics and optics, POET is redefining the fundamental economics of high-performance optical communications. This has the potential to represent a significant value proposition to both strategic partners and leading suppliers seeking differentiation, and I look forward to leading the Company’s marketing efforts to identify and capitalize on these transformational opportunities.”

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