Tignis

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS

Tignis Holds Unparalleled Expertise And Continues To Raise The Bar

The Tignis team is highly specialized, with renowned technologists, PhD-level physics and process engineers, and data scientists leading in AI and ML software solutions. Our team brings solid experience working in semiconductor manufacturing and building and managing FEM, CFD, and first principles models. Tignis continually stays at the forefront of technological advancement, enabling unprecedented improvements in yield, cycle time, and cost efficiency for semiconductor process flows.

Jon Herlocker

President and CEO

Jon is a deep technologist and experienced executive in both on-premises enterprise software and consumer SaaS businesses. In his prior leadership roles, he was Vice President and CTO of VMware’s Cloud Management Business Unit, which generated $1.2B/year for VMware. Other positions include CTO of Mozy, and CTO of EMC’s Cloud Services division. As a co-founder of Tignis, Jon is an experienced entrepreneur, having founded two other startup companies. He sold his last startup, Smart Desktop, to Pi Corporation in 2006. Jon is a former tenured professor of Computer Science at Oregon State University, and his highly-cited academic research work was awarded the prestigious 2010 ACM Software System Award for contributions to the field of recommendation systems. Jon holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Lewis and Clark College.

Matt McLaughlin

Chief Operating Officer, VP of Engineering

Matt is a seasoned execution-oriented leader with experience in SaaS and enterprise on-premises software. He has held substantial leadership roles in both large enterprises and startups. Before co-founding Tignis, Matt led global engineering teams for VMware as Director of Engineering. Matt brought VMware’s analytics product Log Insight from alpha stage to v4, and established the company’s Ops SaaS team. His earlier entrepreneurial roles include VP of Engineering at Digital Scirocco and CTO at Red Rover. He also founded Strands, a product recommendation technology company. Matt specializes in building strong company cultures and managing highly productive engineering teams that deliver high quality software products on time. Matt holds an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from Oregon State University, with a focus on Machine Learning.

DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS

Harel Kodesh

Operating Partner Silver Lake Partners

Paul Maritz

Former CEO VM Ware

Janis Machala

Executive Coach Paladin Partners

Russ Stockdale

Former VP & GM Data
Protection Cloud Dell EMC

Ashmeet Sidana

Founder Engineering Capital

Chris Rust

Co-Founder Clear Ventures

Noor Kamruddin

Partner Clear Ventures

Steve Schlenker

Steve Schlenker

Managing Partner and Co-Founder DN Capital

Daniel Franke

Daniel Franke

Principal M Ventures

Daniel Marrujo

Daniel Marrujo

President and Managing Director Trusted Strategic Solutions

Gary Bultman

Gary Bultman

Strategic Semiconductor Industry Advisor