Dr. Subodh K. Kulkarni, Ph.D. has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of CyberOptics Corp. since February 1, 2014. Dr. Kulkarni served as the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of OEM and Emerging Business at Imation Corp. from August 2009 to June 2012. He served as Senior Vice President Of Global Commercial Business at Imation Corp. since June 2009. Dr. Kulkarni served as Vice President of Global Commercial Business, R&D and Manufacturing at Imation Corp. from August 2007 to June 2009. He served as Vice President of Research and Development at Imation Corp. from March 1, 2006 to August, 2007 and served as its Vice President of Manufacturing from October 19, 2006 to August, 2007. He began his technical career with IBM in 1989 as a Research Engineer responsible for the development of semiconductors and new processes in integrated circuit fabrication. Dr. Kulkarni served at 3M Company since 1992 as Senior Research Engineer in 3M's Graphic Research Laboratory, leading the development of new imaging technology. In 1996, he became Imation's Manager of the Advanced Technology Center before moving to the data storage organization in 1998 to lead the Magnetic Media Development Center and served as an Executive Director for Media Product and Technology Development since September 2004. He served as Executive Chairman of CyberOptics Corp. since September 18, 2013 until February 2014 and its Lead Director since December 2012 until September 18, 2013. He has been a Director of CyberOptics Corp. since December 4, 2009. He holds seven U.S. patents and his research on silicon surface chemistry and application in integrated circuit fabrication is published in multiple technical publications. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology. Dr. Kulkarni holds MS and PhD Degrees in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.