Chris Karp previously worked at Chroma for nine years, from 2002 to 2011, holding various leadership positions including sales management and product design. Karp comments: "It is terrific to see that Chroma has well maintained and supported its Employee-Owned culture and strength while also undergoing impressive growth. It is an honor and pleasure to be back."

Karp has been active in the optics industry since 1989, beginning his career at Barr (now Materion) as a filter designer. At that time, he was responsible for quotations, order entry, process development, manufacturing schedules and shipping. Chris worked briefly at Idex, where he worked closely with Semrock's sales and engineering teams. Most recently, he worked at Reynard Corporation as a business development executive.

As Chroma's Sales Director, Chris Karp leads the sales and customer service team. He is also responsible for building, developing and maintaining long-term customer relationships by understanding customer trends, supporting and guiding sales and customer service representatives, and working with manufacturing and engineering to ensure Chroma consistently meets the needs of new and existing customers.