Julie Sheridan 바카라 에볼루션
Chief Technology Officer

Dr. 바카라 에볼루션 was named Chief Technology Officer in 2022 after successfully running the Optoelectronic Devices and Modules Business Unit as Senior Vice President and General Manager since 2019. In that role, she oversaw 바카라 에볼루션ineering, product management, and operations for GaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), InP directly modulated lasers (DMLs) and detectors, and CMOS/BiCMOS integrated circuits for datacom, 3D sensing, and high-volume consumer applications. Before Coherent, Dr. 바카라 에볼루션 held a number of senior management positions at Finisar Corporation since 2003, including Executive Vice President and General Manager of 3D Sensing and Executive Vice President of Datacom 바카라 에볼루션ineering. Over the 15 years that she managed datacom transceiver 바카라 에볼루션ineering, her teams released over 180 fiber-optic transceiver products and achieved numerous industry firsts. Dr. 바카라 에볼루션 began her career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where she led the development of laser-based datacom transceivers.
Dr. 바카라 에볼루션 graduated summa cum laude from Bryn Mawr College with a bachelor’s degree in Physics and also holds a B.S. in Electrical 바카라 에볼루션ineering with honors from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She also earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical 바카라 에볼루션ineering from Stanford University. A tireless advocate of women’s contributions to STEM, she is a past chair of the IEEE Committee on Women in 바카라 에볼루션ineering and served on the SPIE Executive Advisory Group. In 2022, Dr. 바카라 에볼루션 was elected a Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America) for distinguished contributions to the advancement of optics and photonics. She has published over a dozen papers, co-authored a book chapter, holds six U.S. patents, and has given numerous invited talks.