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10 KLA engineering leaders
These ten current and former KLA engineering leaders hold or have held director, senior director and vice president roles in engineering at KLA. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams at KLA.
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01—10Ananth Kasillingam
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Software Engineering · KLA
Senior Director of Software Engineering at KLA since April 2025, a role the profile lists at director level in engineering, and former Director of Software Engineering at KLA (2022–2025). Former Sr. Software Manager - Machine Control (2016–2022) and Software Engineer (2011–2016) at KLA.
Kishore Bubna
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering (Software, Algorithms & HPC) · KLA
Senior Director of Engineering (Software, Algorithms & HPC) at KLA since July 2018, a role the profile lists at director level in engineering. Former Director Of Learning (2014–2018), Senior Director of Software Engineering (2011–2014) and Senior Director, Software and Algorithms (2009–2011) at KLA.
Kurt Lehman
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering · KLA
Sr. Director of Engineering at KLA since January 2024 and former Dir. of Engineering at KLA (2016–2023); the profile lists both roles at director level in engineering. Former Engineering Manager (2006–2016) and Principal Engineer (1997–2006) at KLA, and former Research Scientist Sr. Systems Engr. at Tencor Instruments (1994–1997).
Li Wang
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering · KLA
Sr. Director of Engineering at KLA since July 2022, a role the profile says involves managing key ebeam business units. Former Director Of Engineering at KLA (2016–2022) and Sr. Manager of Engineering at KLA (2003–2014), and former Director Of Engineering at Nanometrics (2014–2015).
Mark Shi Wang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Of Engineering · KLA
Senior Director Of Engineering at KLA since March 2022, a role the profile ties to optical engineering and light source work for Broad Band Plasma products. Former Director Of Engineering (2015–2022), Director Of Engineering and Program Manager (2012–2015) and Sr. Manager, Optical Engineering (2002–2012) at KLA.
Mor Azarya
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering - Automation group · KLA
Former Senior Director of Engineering - Automation group (2012–2021), Director of Engineering Platform group (2006–2012) and Director of Software Engineering (2003–2006) at KLA. Head of Central R&D group (Orbotech) at KLA since March 2021, managing the central R&D group for the packaging group in KLA, according to the profile.
Nir BenDavid
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · KLA
Senior Director of Engineering at KLA since March 2022, based in Israel; the profile describes heading the R&D Engineering Group and acting as staff sponsor for a key strategic customer. Former Director Application Development (2017–2020) and Product Manager (2016–2017) at KLA, and former Mask inspection R&D unit manager at Applied Materials (2014–2016).
Prasanti Uppaluri
LinkedInExperience: Senior Engineering Director · KLA
Senior Engineering Director at KLA since December 2014, a role the profile places in Milpitas, California at director level in engineering. Former Engineering Group Director (2011–2014), Engineering Director (2007–2012) and Architect (2005–2007) at Cadence.
Shankar Krishnan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · KLA
Former Senior Director of Engineering at KLA (2012–2019) and Director of Engineering at KLA (2005–2012). Fellow and Vice President at KLA since August 2021, a role the profile describes as driving new technology innovation and mentoring new product development teams, and former Senior Director and Distinguished Member Of Technical Staff at KLA (2019–2021).
Songnian Rong
LinkedInExperience: VP of Engineering · KLA
VP of Engineering at KLA since March 2024; the profile headline reads VP of Engineering, RAPID, KLA Corp. Former Senior Director Of Engineering at KLA in two listed rows (2014–2016 and 2016–2021) and former Director of Engineering at KLA (2010–2014), and former VP of Engineering at Ultima Genomics (2021–2024).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an equipment maker split engineering ownership between product divisions and central R&D groups?
- 02What does it take to move a new inspection or metrology system from definition to customer delivery on schedule?
- 03How do engineering leaders at a process control company balance customer-specific requests against platform roadmaps?
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