Charles Jay Abbe

Charles Jay Abbe is currently an Independent Director at Cymer, Inc., a Director at Nova-Sol, Inc., and a Director at American Prairie Reserve.
Previously, he served as the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. from 1998 to 2000.
He was also the Chairman at Neoconix, Inc. and Xponent Photonics, Inc. Additionally, he held the position of President, Chief Operating Officer & Director at Viavi Solutions, Inc. from 2000 to 2001.
From 2000 to 2016, he was an Independent Director at CoSine Communications, Inc. He served as the Lead Independent Director at NeoPhotonics Corp.
from 2013 to 2022.
He was a Director at Opnext, Inc. and Community Foundation Sonoma County.
Furthermore, he held the position of President, Chief Operating Officer & Director at Jds Uniphase Corp.
from 2000 to 2001.
Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President-Electronics Sector at Raychem Corp.
from 1990 to 1996.
He started his career as a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1971 to 1989.
Mr. Abbe holds an MBA from Stanford University and undergraduate and graduate degrees from Cornell University.