{"id":7775,"date":"2022-08-16T12:20:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T16:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gf.com\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=7775"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:25:20","slug":"kevin-soukup","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/gf.com\/leadership\/kevin-soukup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Soukup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff__details\">\n  <div class=\"staff__img\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kevin-soukup-photo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n      <div class=\"social__container\">\n          <ul class=\"social__icons\">\n                                  <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n   <div class=\"staff__title\">\n     <h1>Kevin Soukup<\/h1>       <\/div>\n  <div class=\"staff__content\">\n      <p><p>Kevin Soukup is Senior Vice President of Silicon Photonics Business at GF, a position he was appointed to in 2024. 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