ROBERT LERNER

Mr. Lerner is KT-Tech's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He is responsible for planning and directing all aspects of the company's operational policies, objectives, and initiatives. Mr. Lerner manages and directs KT-Tech's research and development programs to capitalize on potential new products.

Prior to KT-Tech, Mr. Lerner held positions in the U.S. Departments of Defense and Commerce, most recently as the Senior Technology Policy Analyst in the Office of Space Commercialization. In this role Mr. Lerner served as the Department of Commerce's White House liaison for space related issues and was the Department of Commerce's chief technology policy analyst for commercial imaging satellites.

Mr. Lerner began his career as a Research Physicist and Electronic Engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, where he developed theoretical models and conducted experiments in the areas of electromagnetic propagation, remote sensing and radar systems. He has also designed and conducted microwave remote sensing experiments from aircraft and satellites. Two of these experiments were flown as part of the Earth Resources Experimental Package (EREP) on NASA's SKYLAB satellite.

Mr. Lerner is a graduate of Brown University where he received a B.S. in Physics.

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