Vince Retort has been with Lumentum since 2015.
Retort is an industry veteran with over 35 years of experience in the high-tech sector. He is currently the President of Lumentum’s Industrial Tech Platform.
Prior to this role, Retort served as Lumentum’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, where he oversaw and set the strategic direction for all of Lumentum’s business units. He has been an instrumental leader at the company, having run R&D, Operations, and both the Telecom Transmission and 3D Sensing business units at various times since Lumentum’s spinoff from JDSU.
Retort joined JDSU in June 2008. He was previously Senior Vice President of Research and Development at JDSU and established a global R&D organization aligned with JDSU's technology and product portfolio for Optical Communications and Commercial Lasers.
Before joining JDSU, Retort held executive level positions in Engineering at NeoPhotonics, Seagate Technologies, and Lightwave Microsystems Corporation, with an emphasis on new product development and customer collaboration. Retort also had an 11-year career at Read-Rite Corporation, leading Product Engineering, Test Development, Failure Analysis, and Program Management.
Retort holds a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from West Virginia University.