Our Team

Mr. Lakios has over thirty years of experience serving the semiconductor, data storage, and optical device industries and is the holder of several patents in the field of process equipment and device structure. From 2015 until earlier this year, Mr. Lakios was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc., overseeing that company’s transition from R&D to a leading global commercial UV LED supplier. From 2003 to 2011 he was the Executive Vice President of Field Operations and President and Chief Operating Officer at Imago Scientific, bringing it from pre-revenue to a commercial leadership position in the 3D atomic scale tomography field.  Mr. Lakios was previously employed at Veeco Instruments Inc. from 1984 until 2003, where he held several positions, including President of the Process Equipment Group and Executive Vice President of Field Operations. He has been involved in several acquisitions and numerous product line launches. He received his BE in Mechanical Engineering with focus in Material Science from SUNY Stony Brook in 1984.

Rich Catalano was appointed as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective as of August 30, 2022. Mr. Catalano began his career at KPMG LLP and became an audit partner in 1993. Throughout his over 35 years as an audit professional at KPMG LLP, Mr. Catalano advised a diverse array of clients through private equity financed transactions, merger-related accounting, and filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Towards the later part of his tenure, Mr. Catalano served as the leader of KPMG LLP’s Metro New York Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice and then co-led KPMG’s Global Audit Methodology Group. Mr. Catalano is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State and received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Hofstra University.

William S. Linss is the Vice President, Operations for the CVD/FirstNano® Division of CVD. In addition to managing daily engineering and production operations, Bill is instrumental in expanding the company’s technology capabilities, developing new products and positioning CVD for growth. Prior to his promotion in 2013, Bill was the Division Manager for the CVD/FirstNano® Division since 2005. Bill has worked in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Chemical Vapor Deposition for 25 years. From 1980 through 1988 Bill worked at Standard Microsystems Corp. in Hauppauge, NY, advancing to Equipment Engineering Manager with all capital equipment responsibilities for SMC’s MOS/VLSIC manufacturing. Bill was employed by CVD from 1988 through 1994, advancing through various positions as Electrical Systems Designer, Field Service Engineer and Production Manager.  From 1994 through 2001 Bill served as a Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Manager with Otari Corporation, at their Long Island pro-audio R&D office; and later with AP Engines in Sacramento, CA, a Cable TV billing solutions start-up.  In 2001, Bill re-joined CVD to head the newly acquired Research International Division for SMT reflow oven manufacturing, which then resulted in CVD’s acquisition of the Conceptronic product line.

Prior to his appointment as Vice President & General Manager SDC Division, Mr. Collins served as the General Manager of CVD’s SDC Division since 1999. From 1990 to 1999 he was employed by Stainless Design Corp. as Manager of Field Operations and Product Development Advisor. Mr. Collins attended Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Dr. Shatalov has over twenty years of experience serving the semiconductor research and device industry and is the holder of more than 75 U.S. patents in the field of process equipment, semiconductor devices, and their applications. Dr. Shatalov joined Sensor Electronic Technology Inc.(SETi), a subsidiary of Korean LED company Seoul Viosys, in 2006, and held multiple technical management positions. From 2017 until earlier this year Dr. Shatalov was Vice President of Technology at SETi responsible for the UV LED technology and LED applications development. He received his MSc in 1994 from the St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” in Russia. In 1994 he joined the Ioffe Institute, one of Russia’s largest institutions for research in physics and technology, as research scientist and obtained his PhD there in 1999. Max performed his post doctorate research at the University of South Carolina from 1999 through 2006 contributing to pioneering research and twice was a recipient of the Japanese Society of Applied Physics Award.

Dr. Brogan is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CVD Equipment Corporation and currently responsible for the general management of subsidiary CVD MesoScribe Technologies Corp. Previously, he was the Director of Sales and Marketing for CVD Materials Corporation. Dr. Brogan served as the President and CEO of MesoScribe Technologies, Inc. spearheading its sale to CVD in 2017. He has over 20 years of experience in strategic sales & marketing, technology management, and advanced research & development. Dr. Brogan has led the development of innovative sensor products, transitioning high performance products to manufacturing using the Company’s R&D 100 award winning Direct Write MesoPlasma™ printing technology. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Stony Brook University in 1996.