POET Technologies Inc. announced that Rich Zoccolillo has been appointed Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Product Management. Zoccolillo joins the company with extensive experience in the photonics industry, including senior management roles at Infinera, Opnext and Lucent Technology’s optical networking business. Zoccolillo will report to Dr. Venkatesan with responsibilities to include strategic marketing to customers, management of the Company’s product sales activities as well as driving a growing pipeline of new business opportunities and prospective partnership engagements. Zoccolillo most recently served as the Vice President of Systems Manufacturing at Infinera, where he was responsible for overseeing both internal and contract manufacturing. Previously, he held multiple roles at Opnext (acquired by Oclaro), including President of the Pluggables Business Unit and General Manager of Optical Subsystems. Prior to Opnext, Zoccolillo held a number of management positions during his nearly 16-year tenure at Lucent Technologies, AT&T Bell Laboratories. These roles included General Manager of the Lucent Metro WDM business, Director of Product Management for both Lucent’s SONET systems and SDH systems, and a variety of roles in Lucent's consumer product organization. Previously, he served in various roles in planning and product development at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Zoccolillo served on the advisory council for Monmouth University’s School of Science and Technology.