 In March, 2017 Jugal K. Vijayvargiya was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Materion Corporation, replacing Richard J. Hipple, who had served in that position for 11 years.Vijayvargiya was also named a director of the corporation.A graduate of the Ohio State University, Vijayvargiya spent 26 years at Delphi Corporation in a variety of management positions.