Jim Anderson has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Coherent Corp. since June 2024. He previously served as a director and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation.

Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Anderson served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Computing and Graphics Business Group at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Anderson held a broad range of leadership positions spanning general management, engineering, sales, marketing, and corporate strategy at companies including Intel, Broadcom (formerly Avago Technologies), and LSI Corporation.  

Mr. Anderson joined the Applied Materials board of directors in 2025.