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Mr. Mattes has served as our Chief Executive Officer and President as well as a member of the Board since his appointment on April 6, 2020. Prior to joining Coherent and beginning in June 2019, he was a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, a leading global management consulting firm, providing corporate and strategic consulting services to various clients of the firm. From January 2018 to May 2019, he was an independent corporate advisor. From 2013 to December 2017, he was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated, a retail and financial services technology systems company. He also served as its President from 2013 to August 2016. Mr. Mattes was the Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Partnerships at Violin Memory, a computer storage systems company, in 2013. He has also held various senior management positions with Hewlett-Packard Co., a computer technologies company. From 2008 to 2011 he was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard’s Enterprise Services for the Americas. From 2006 to 2008 he was Hewlett Packard’s Chief Sales Officer for the Enterprise Business. Mr. Mattes spent the first 20 years of his career (between 1985 and 2005) at Siemens, holding a variety of senior leadership positions. These culminated in his role as chief executive officer of Siemens Communications Inc., USA, in Boca Raton, Florida. He received his Diplom-Kaufmann in business administration from Ludwig Maximilan University.

Experienced Multi-Divisional President & Chief Executive Officer spanning multiple defense and power market areas. Strategic leadership to drive revenue growth while delivering top quartile performance in all key financial metrics. Active in mergers and acquisitions including integration into Curtiss-Wright. Skilled in Product Development, Engineering, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Integration, and Electronics. Strong operations professional with a Master's Degree focused in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University.

Mr. Widmar became CEO of First Solar in July 2016. He joined First Solar in April 2011 as chief financial officer and served as First Solar’s chief accounting officer from February 2012 through June 2015. Mr. Widmar has also served as a director on the board of the general partner of 8point3 Energy Partners LP (“8point3 Energy Partners”), then a publicly-traded yieldco and affiliate of First Solar. Prior to joining First Solar, Mr. Widmar served as chief financial officer of GrafTech International Ltd., a leading global manufacturer of advanced carbon and graphite materials, from May 2006 through March 2011, as well as president, Engineered Solutions from January 2011 through March 2011. Prior to joining GrafTech, Mr. Widmar served as corporate controller of NCR Inc. from 2005 to 2006, and was a business unit chief financial officer for NCR from November 2002 to his appointment as controller. He also served as a division controller at Dell, Inc. from August 2000 to November 2002 prior to joining NCR. Mr. Widmar also held various financial and managerial positions with Lucent Technologies Inc., Allied Signal, Inc., and Bristol Myers/Squibb, Inc. He began his career in 1987 as an accountant with Ernst & Young. Mr. Widmar holds a Bachelor of Science in business accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from Indiana University.

Bob Pierfy is a Chief Executive Officer at Varian Semiconductor Equipment and is based in Cranston, RI area.

EDWARD T. J. CHEN, CHAIRMAN AND CEO With over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in the high-tech industry, Edward is also the founder and CEO of AMREL, a leader in cutting edge technology providing supply chain solutions for the renewable energy, military and homeland security markets. Mr. Chen previously held a position with Motorola as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for nine years. He left Motorola in 1980 and co-founded Motech Industries (a silicon solar cell manufacturer), CReTE Systems, and Galaxy Far East Corporation, all listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. As a successful entrepreneur, his resources and ability to grow startup companies into industry leaders are well-established. Edward received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the National Taipei Institute of Technology.