Christopher Larocca

Christopher Larocca is the COO of EMCORE Corporation. He joined the company in May 2004 as Senior Director of Business Development and Product Strategy. Prior to his current role, Mr. Larocca served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of EMCORE’s solar photovoltaic division, and previous to that as Vice President and General Manager of EMCORE’s fiber optics broadband division. Between April 2001 and May 2004, he served as Vice President of GELcore, a solid-state lighting joint venture between EMCORE and General Electric. Prior to joining GELcore in 2001, Mr. Larocca held a variety of commercial and Six Sigma roles within General Electric’s lighting division. Mr. Larocca holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in civil engineering from Clemson University. He is also a board member of Langfang Emcore Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.