Our Mission

Dusan Golubovic has 25 years of experience in semiconductor and optoelectronics industries encompassing embedded non-volatile memories and integrated high-voltage SOI devices for automotive applications in NXP Semiconductors, mid-power LEDs for illumination applications in Philips Lighting, as well as automotive LEDs and systems in Lumileds. Dusan has extensive background in product development and engineering, new product introduction, volume ramp-up and end-to-end contract manufacturing management. Throughout his carrier Dusan has worked in Belgium, the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan and China, where he managed large cross-functional teams, prior moving to the United States. Dusan holds PhD degree in Solid State Physics on superconductor qubits from KU Leuven in Belgium, MsC degree in Micro- and Optoelectronics on resonant cavity enhanced P-i-N photodetectors from University of Belgrade, has 56 publications in peer reviewed journals and 14 patents.

Moro Wada has been with Kyocera for over 20 years in the field of finance and accounting departments. He has also performed M&A projects of Kyocera Group over 20 cases from these departments. He joined KSLD as Deputy CFO in July 2021 and has been CFO since July 2022.

Masafumi Yamauchi brings over 23 years of Automotive industry experience to the KSLD business. Having worked in corporations such as Philips Japan, Philips North America and Philips Germany and Lumileds Germany he has over 10 years of Sales managing experience in Japan, over 4 years of Product managing in North America (Michigan) and has successfully been the leader as the Quality Director for a German factory as well as for Global Factory Quality Improvement for over 8 years. We are extremely thrilled to have him on our team and his vast background and experience makes him a true asset to KSLD.

Naomi Obinata is General Counsel at Kyocera SLD Laser, Inc.  Naomi is responsible for all legal affairs and intellectual property of the company.   Before joining KSLD, Naomi held senior legal positions at various semiconductor technology companies including Intel Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), and Graphcore.  Naomi graduated with a B.S. Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, worked as an engineer for 2 years, and then earned her J.D. at Santa Clara University School of Law.  Naomi’s licenses and accreditations include the California State Bar, United States Patent Bar, and Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional.

Amy Hilvers is VP of HR of KYOCERA SLD Laser. She leads the HR organization and is dedicated to maintaining strong corporate culture, and a diverse and inclusive workplace to empower, inspire and motivate employees to support KSLD’s vision. Her focus on maintaining a motivated inspired workforce led KSLD to be recognized with 4 consecutive certifications as a “Great Place to Work”, three consecutive years of Fortune’s Best Place to Work in Manufacturing and more recently awarded Best Workplaces in the Bay Area. Prior to KSLD, Ms. Hilvers served as HR and Administrative Representative for Soraa, Inc growing with the tech company from 30 to more than 200 employees. Prior to Soraa Inc, she served as administrative function of a local Santa Barbara non-profit.

Eric Goutain is leading the team responsible for developing all product solutions since the beginning of KSLD. Previously he oversaw test, packaging and GaN laser-based products development for Soraa, Inc.Eric brings 30 years of experience designing, developing solid state laser products. Materials Engineer, PhD in microelectronics, starting his career at the corporate research lab of Thomson-CSF near Paris on GaAs and InP lasers, he moved quickly to develop solutions for telecommunication. During the years, Eric spread his product designs to many other applications such as instrumentation, medical, industrial and when joining Soraa Inc., with visible GaN lasers, lighting and automotive.Of French Origin, Eric is the father of 4 children with a wonderful partner. Eric has lived and worked in multiple countries and states, enjoying exploring and immersing in different cultures.