Shay Wolfling has joined Nova in 2011, as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Nova, Shay was an R&D manager at KLA-Tencor-Belgium (formerly ICOS Vision Systems, a publically traded company acquired by KLA in 2008), where he led multidisciplinary metrology & inspection development projects. From 2000 until its technology acquisition by ICOS in 2006, Shay was the founder and VP R&D of Nano-Or-Technologies, a start-up company with a proprietary technology for 3D optical measurements. Shay took Nano-Or from the idea stage to initial product sales. Prior to founding Nano-Or, Shay was a project manager in Y-beam, a start-up offering laser-based skin treatments. Shay has several patents under his name in the field of optical measurements. Shay holds a B.Sc. in physics and mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a 2nd degree in physics from Tel-Aviv University, and a PhD in physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.