Kent Heath

Kent Heath is the current President & CEO of Rigaku. Prior to this, they were the General Manager of Bruker Nano Surfaces & Metrology's Stylus and Optical Metrology Business Unit. Before that, they were with Ubidyne, Inc. as Vice President Marketing and Business Development; a position they held for almost five years until the company was acquired by Kathrein, AG. Heath has been credited with successfully establishing the Active Antenna technology on the roadmaps of some of the world’s largest and most influential network operators while at Ubidyne.

Kent Heath received a MBA in General Management from Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business and a BSEE in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University.

Some individuals on their team include Melvyn Kitagawa - Executive VP (RAH), Michael Noonan - Semiconductor SBU Manager (RAC), and Simon Bates - VP of Science and Technology (RAC).