Ben Klein is the Quality Manager for Teledyne FLIR Surveillance, Inc in Bozeman, MT.

Ben earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Optical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1990. From 1990 through 1999, he pursued a career in music performing professionally throughout the Northwest. He began working for Scientific Materials Corporation in 2000 as a polishing technician. 2001 he became Quality Control Technician; 2003 promoted to quality control supervisor; 2006 led the organization in implementing a Quality Management System certified to ISO 9001, following the acquisition by FLIR Systems, Inc. In 2007, he was promoted to Quality Manager.

Ben continues his role as Quality Manager for Teledyne FLIR Lasers which includes three distinct manufacturing processes in a new building in Bozeman, MT and a Teledyne FLIR site in Ventura, CA. He led the implementation of the Global Trade Compliance program in 2019. Ben has over 100 hours of leadership training, earned a six sigma blackbelt, received reliability engineering training, and is a certified internal auditor.

Outside of work, Ben enjoys mountain biking, skiing, hiking, camping, travel, soccer, and is a musician. He has earned U.S. soccer coaching licenses, served as the Director of Quality for the BIitzz FC soccer club and is serving as the Chair of the MPIA Quality Alliance; a branch of the Montana Photonics Industry Alliance. He has twin sons attending college.