David L  remains an independent director. Part of  the shuffle to get Macom's photonics expert on board.

"This appointment represents a powerful partnering of two senior executives from the photonics and semiconductor industries," said Mr. Lazovsky, director and outgoing executive chairman on Poet's board of directors. "Together, these two executives combine extraordinary careers with unparalleled business, market and product development experience. Suresh and Vivek bring together the ideal combination of strategic, technical and operational execution expertise in photonics and semiconductors that will position the company well to capitalize on the disruptive potential of the Poet Optical Interposer platform."