Mr. Kaufman most recently served as Corporate Vice President at Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions. Previously Mr Kaufman was founder and President of KLA Instruments Israel (now KLA-Tencor, the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries) and General Manager of Kulicke and Soffa Israel.

He is currently the Chairman of Solgel Nanotechnology, is a founder member of Waterfronts, serves on the board of Mempile and is a member of several other boards of directors.

Mr. Kaufman holds engineering degrees from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.