Who We Are

Our team brings together more than 250 years of collective expertise in the management and operation of global semiconductor enterprises. Both our technology and operations divisions are staffed with highly skilled professionals. The GLS leadership group features individuals with backgrounds from distinguished organizations such as TSMC, Texas Instruments, Daikin, and additional partners throughout East and Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. The following is a partial list of our team members; certain officers are not disclosed at this time.

Dr. Richard L. Thurston

Co-founder, Chairman & CEO

Jim Bark

Co-founder & Chief Financial Officer

Masa Yoshida

Executive Vice President, Business Development

Paolo Moiraghi, PhD

Senior Vice President, Research & Development (part time)

Al Maiorino

Chief Marketing Officer

Oskaar Wu

Chief Compliance Officer

Jeremy Dickens

General Counsel

Yasunori Hoshino

Executive Vice President, ChipForge™ Operations & Facility Director

Takefumi Kida

Vice President, ChipForge™ Operations & Facility Director

Richard Neill, PhD

Executive Vice President, Packaging & Advanced Additive Manufacturing

Yasunori Deguchi

Vice President, Equipment – Design, Procurement, Operations & Maintenance (through Daikin)

Rob Buyakowski

Executive Vice President, Global Expansion

Rekha Menon-Varma (via Altascient)

Executive Vice President of Risk & Market Intelligence & Corporate Strategy

Ron Faruqui

Vice President, Global Sourcing – Advanced Manufacturing & Adaptive Materials

Dr. Heinz Goddar (Boehmert & Boehmert)

International IP & General Legal Counsel

Haynes and Boone

U.S. Legal Counsel (New York & Other Offices)

SK Legal Solutions

India & Southeast Asia Legal Counsel (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)

Tim Moot

CPL Engineer, Engineering Consultant

Ari Reubin

KMC Controls, Fab & Cleanroom Consultant