Meet our Senior Management and Board of Directors

Dr. Subodh Kulkarni has been a director of CyberOptics since 2009, has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2014, was our Executive Chairman from September 2013 to February 2014 and was our lead director from December 2012 until his election as Executive Chairman. From January 2013 to February 2014, Dr. Kulkarni served as Chief Executive Officer of Prism Computational Sciences, a developer of software tools for scientific and commercial applications in simulation of hot gases and plasma used in the semiconductor industry (“Prism”). Prior to being employed by Prism, he held various positions with Imation Corporation (“Imation”), including Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, OEM/Emerging Business and Vice President, Global Commercial Business, R&D and Manufacturing. Prior to his employment with Imation, Dr. Kulkarni held various research management positions with 3M Corporation and IBM. Dr. Kulkarni serves on the Board of Directors of Key Tronic. Dr. Kulkarni received his B.S. in chemical engineering from IIT—Bombay, India (where he was first in his class), and went on to obtain a Masters Degree and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he did his thesis work on disilane surface decomposition, which is used in the manufacture of semiconductors. He has won a number of awards for commercializing technologies he and others have developed in the electronics industry. Dr. Kulkarni brings to our Board significant expertise in management of technology-focused entities, in commercialization of technologies in the electronics, computer and semiconductor industries, and in the markets for our products.

Director of Product Development, CyberOptics Corporation, 2003 to May 2010; Vice President, Systems Development, Avanti Optics Corporation, 1999 to 2003; Research Manager, CyberOptics Corporation, 1997 to 1999. M.EE., Optics and Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota. 22 U.S. patents for optical measurement systems, optical manufacturing, and fiber optic devices.

Dr. Charlie Zhu has been our VP of R&D since December 2021 and is based in our Singapore office. He was previously the Engineering Director and Singapore site manager since 2018. He joined CyberOptics in 2011 and held various positions including Senior Engineering Manager, Software Engineering Manager, and Software Project Manager. Prior to CyberOptics, he held various engineering roles at Rockwell Automation and Yokogawa Electric. He earned his Ph.D., from the School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, with research interests in Machine Learning and B. Eng., Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Over the past 10 years at CyberOptics, he has led the development of many successful system products and software projects. He has been instrumental in supporting the sales and operations teams to grow the company’s system and OEM business with a dedication to achieving customer satisfaction.

Dr. Subodh Kulkarni has been a director of CyberOptics since 2009, has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2014, was our Executive Chairman from September 2013 to February 2014 and was our lead director from December 2012 until his election as Executive Chairman. From January 2013 to February 2014, Dr. Kulkarni served as Chief Executive Officer of Prism Computational Sciences, a developer of software tools for scientific and commercial applications in simulation of hot gases and plasma used in the semiconductor industry (“Prism”). Prior to being employed by Prism, he held various positions with Imation Corporation (“Imation”), including Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, OEM/Emerging Business and Vice President, Global Commercial Business, R&D and Manufacturing. Prior to his employment with Imation, Dr. Kulkarni held various research management positions with 3M Corporation and IBM. Dr. Kulkarni serves on the Board of Directors of Key Tronic. Dr. Kulkarni received his B.S. in chemical engineering from IIT—Bombay, India (where he was first in his class), and went on to obtain a Masters Degree and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he did his thesis work on disilane surface decomposition, which is used in the manufacture of semiconductors. He has won a number of awards for commercializing technologies he and others have developed in the electronics industry. Dr. Kulkarni brings to our Board significant expertise in management of technology-focused entities, in commercialization of technologies in the electronics, computer and semiconductor industries, and in the markets for our products.

Cheryl Beranek has been a director of CyberOptics since May 2020. Since June 2007, Ms. Beranek has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Clearfield, Inc., a publicly held company that designs, manufactures and distributes fiber optic management, protection and delivery products for communications networks (“Clearfield”). Ms. Beranek holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwest Minnesota State University and a Master of Science degree from North Dakota State University. Ms. Beranek brings to our Board considerable experience and a keen understanding of the electronics business as the chief executive officer of a growing public company in the field of fiber optic technology.