Sunny Sun

Executive Vice President, Communications

Sunny Sun was named Executive Vice President, Communications, for Coherent Corp. in 2025. He was previously President of the Networking Segment from 2020 to 2025; in this role, he led the strong growth of the Data Center and Optical Communications business. Prior to this, he was President of Photonics Solutions Segment from 2016 to 2019, during which time he  led the business success of Optical Communications and Advanced Optics. He also served as General Manager of the Optical Communications Group from 2014 to 2016. 

Mr. Sun joined the company in 2010 following the acquisition of Photop Technologies, Inc., where he had been President since 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Sun was President & CEO of Koncent Communication, Inc., from 2000 until 2003, when Koncent and other companies merged to form Photop.

Previously, Mr. Sun was employed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a research scientist on lasers and nonlinear optics development, where he contributed to the invention of LBO crystal for high-power lasers in 1989. He holds a B.S. in Applied Physics and a master’s degree in Solid-State Physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.