Mr. Robert J. Balog has been a Senior Vice President Engineering of KVH Industries Inc. since October 2008. Mr. Balog served as Vice President of Engineering for Satellite Products of KVH Industries Inc. from March 2005 to October 2008. He served as president of his own engineering contract services company, Automation Services, Inc., a contract product development and services group specializing in a wide range of automation solutions. Prior to that, he served as vice president of engineering at ADE Corporation in Massachusetts, where he was responsible for overseeing all engineering activities, which ranged from advanced research through new product development for it, a supplier of automated metrology and inspection equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors. He also held a number of other positions, including general manager and vice president of R&D, over the course of ten years at Speedline Technologies in Franklin, Massachusetts, a supplier of capital equipment to the electronics assembly industry. He has served on the Surface Mount Equipment Manufacturers Association Board of Directors, serving as chairman along with numerous other positions. Additionally, he is the recipient of 10 U.S. patents. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.