From company web site: Peter Copetti – Executive Co-Chairman Peter Copetti led and completed the financial turnaround of POET from June 2012 until June 2015 and set the company roadmap in the right direction before transitioning leadership to Dr. Venkatesan, POET’s current CEO. He has been the chief architect and strategist of the transformation at POET Technologies, since joining the company in June 2012. Mr. Copetti was personally responsible for the restructuring of both secured and unsecured debt, negotiated new equity infusion into the company, and re-focused the company on its original technical vision of monolithic optoelectronic integration, leading to POET’s resurgence as a leading platform innovator in the semiconductor industry. He has assembled a World-class team at the Board of Director level and at the POET Executive level. Peter Copetti has over 25 years of capital markets and management experience in key leadership roles.