Lumentum Holdings Inc. announced that Michael Hurlston has been appointed President and as a Director of the Company, effective February 7, 2025. Hurlston succeeds Alan Lowe, who has served as the Company?s President and CEO since 2015. Lowe will continue to serve on Lumentum?s Board of Directors and as an advisor to the Company.
Hurlston is a proven technology executive with over 30 years of senior leadership experience within the industry. He joins Lumentum from Synaptics Inc., a worldwide pioneer and leader in human interface hardware and software, where he has served as President and CEO and a member of its board of directors since joining the company in 2019. Prior to Synaptics, Hurlston served as CEO and a member of the board of Finisar Corporation, which was a leading optical communications company.
He also served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and in a variety of management roles at Broadcom Limited during his 17 years with Broadcom and its predecessor corporation. Michael Hurlston is a proven technology industry executive. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Synaptics Inc. since August 2019.
From January 2018 to August 2019, Hurlston served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Finisar Corporation, where he oversaw the company?s agreement to be acquired by II-VI. Before joining Finisar, from November 2001 through October 2017, he served in a variety of senior leadership positions at Broadcom Limited and its predecessor corporation across the sales, marketing and general management functions, including serving as its Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Mobile Connectivity Products/Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division. Prior to joining Broadcom, Hurlston held senior marketing and engineering positions at Oren Semiconductor Inc., Avasem, Integrated Circuit Systems, Micro Power Systems, Exar and IC Works from 1991 to 2001.
Hurlston has served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Flextronics International Ltd. since September 2020. From August 2016 to August 2021, Hurlston was a member of the Board of Directors and the Compensation, Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees of Ubiquiti Networks Inc. He sits on the Board of Executive Trustees of the UC Davis Foundation, the Dean?s Executive Committee for the College of Engineering and the Dean?s Advisory Counsel for the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. Hurlston holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis.
