Mr. Taranto serves as Executive Vice President, General Manager, Vacuum Solutions Division of MKS Instruments, Inc. Mr. Taranto joined MKS in September 2000 and has served in a number of managerial and senior engineering positions at MKS. From July 2014 to December 2020, he was a member of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), and he chaired the OCTO from January 2018 to December 2020. Prior to MKS, Mr. Taranto served as a senior engineer for D.I.P. Inc. until it was acquired by MKS in September 2000.