Yevgeniy Portnov is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in application engineering and management. Currently serving as an Application Group Manager at KLA since April 2021, Yevgeniy previously held various roles at Orbotech, including R&D Application Engineer and R&D Application Team Leader. Yevgeniy began the career as a Component Engineer and served as a Teaching Assistant in physics and mathematics at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a focus on Electro-Optics and Communications Theory was earned. Yevgeniy's background also includes experience as a Control and Communication expert technician in the Israeli Navy.