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
