Mr. Weeks has served as the chief executive officer of Corning Incorporated since April 2005 and chairman of the board of directors since April 2007. He has held a variety of financial, commercial, business development, and general management positions across Corning’s businesses and technologies since he joined the company in 1983. He has earned 44 U.S. patents.
Mr. Weeks currently serves on the board of Amazon.com, Inc. and served on the board of Merck & Co., Inc. from February 2004 to May 2020. He is also on the board of trustees for the Corning Museum of Glass.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications of Particular Relevance to Corning:
Mr. Weeks’s leadership in many of Corning’s businesses, contributions to the development of numerous technologies, and experience over 20 years as Corning’s chief executive officer gives him a unique understanding of Corning’s workforce, business operations, life-changing innovations, customers and end markets. He has proven skill in the development of emerging innovations, new product lines and business models, and customer-related opportunities, in addition to his wide-ranging experience and knowledge of financial and accounting matters relevant to a global corporation.
Mr. Weeks has been a director since 2000.