Jeff Place

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Jeff Place joined Coherent Corp. as Chief Supply Chain Officer in July 2025. He brings to the role more than 25 years of broad operations, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and security experience in industrial and technology companies.

Mr. Place came to Coherent from Pratt and Whitney, a $26B RTX company, where he served as Vice President of Integrated Business Planning. In this role, he led transformation by developing, deploying, and integrating key business planning and execution processes across all businesses and functions. Before that, he held senior executive positions as Deputy President at Raytheon Naval Power and Vice President, Operations and Supply Chain, at Raytheon Technologies. Prior to RTX, Jeff held the position of Vice President, Operations, for United Technologies Aerospace Systems, a $14B business of UTC. Earlier in his career, he also held operations roles at Eaton Corporation and Honeywell International.

Mr. Place holds an MBA with an emphasis in finance, international management, and policy from Case Western University and a bachelor’s degree in materials and logistics management from Michigan State University. He is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Development Program at INSEAD.