Yazid Tohme

Chief Technology Officer Datacolor

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Yazid Tohme is Chief Technology Officer of Datacolor, the color management company whose spectrophotometers, software and services are used by textile, paint, plastics and imaging businesses to measure and match color. He joined in 2022 as Executive Vice President of R&D and Operations and sits on its executive board with CEO Albert Busch and CFO Philipp Hediger. A mechanical engineer with a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, he came to Datacolor after nearly a decade at FARO Technologies, the Nasdaq-listed 3D measurement company, where he rose from Director of Engineering to Chief R&D Officer, followed by a stint running advanced mobility work at Harman International. Datacolor credits him with more than 17 active US patents.

Career Highlights

• Chief Technology Officer of Datacolor, listed on the company’s leadership team.
• Joined Datacolor in 2022 as Executive Vice President of R&D and Operations.
• VP Advanced Mobility Solutions at Harman International, 2021 to 2022.
• Chief R&D Officer of FARO Technologies from March 2019, a named executive officer in its 2020 proxy statement, until FARO eliminated the role in August 2020.
• Climbed FARO’s engineering organisation from Director of Engineering, 3D Imaging (2011) through Vice President, Engineering, Metrology Technologies (2014) and Senior Vice President, R&D, Group 1 (2017).
• Earlier CTO of Rochester Precision Optics and an R&D leader at Moore Nanotechnology Systems.
• Holds a BS from the University of Kentucky, an MS and Ph.D. from the University of Florida, all in mechanical engineering, and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts.

Professional Journey

Tohme trained as a mechanical engineer, taking a bachelor’s degree at the University of Kentucky and then a master’s and doctorate at the University of Florida. His early industrial career was in ultra-precision manufacturing: he held research and development leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Moore Nanotechnology Systems, a maker of precision machining systems. In January 2011 he became Chief Technology Officer of Rochester Precision Optics, which develops lightweight electro-optical products.

Six months later, in June 2011, he joined FARO Technologies, the Florida-based maker of 3D measurement and imaging equipment, as Director of Engineering, 3D Imaging. He became Vice President, Engineering, Metrology Technologies in January 2014, Senior Vice President, R&D, Group 1 in March 2017, and Chief Research and Development Officer in March 2019, when he became an executive officer of the Nasdaq-listed company. FARO’s April 2020 proxy statement lists him among its five executive officers.

That role was short-lived. On August 24, 2020, FARO decided to eliminate the position of Chief R&D Officer, and its filings record that his employment in the role ended in late August, with a transition period as an employee through the end of October 2020. He then moved to Harman International as VP Advanced Mobility Solutions from 2021 to 2022.

He joined Datacolor in 2022 as Executive Vice President of R&D and Operations, taking a seat on the executive board. Datacolor has been in color management for more than fifty years and sells in over 100 countries. At the time he joined it was listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange; after majority shareholder Werner Dubach’s 2023 tender offer and a court-approved cancellation of the remaining shares, it was delisted on April 19, 2024 and is now privately held. Datacolor now names him Chief Technology Officer. In his company biography he describes his aim as building a culture that “promotes creativity and empowers employees to take calculated risks and experiment with new ideas.”

Education

University of Kentucky

BS, Mechanical Engineering

University of Florida

MS and Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

University of Massachusetts

MBA