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Chris Schechter joined nLIGHT in 2022 and serves as the company’s chief operating officer.

Previously, Chris served as Vice President of Operations for the Aerospace and Defense segment of Celestica. Prior roles included VP/GM at Zodiac Seats and at StandardAero, Manufacturing Integration Leader for the Parker Hannifin acquisition of Clarcor Filtration as well as Director level roles in Product Development, Operations Management and Operational Excellence / Lean6Sigma for Axcelis Technologies.

Chris received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.