{"id":111,"date":"2025-04-16T04:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T04:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatlakessemiconductor.com\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:51:58","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatlakessemiconductor.com\/index.php\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our team brings together more than 250 years of collective expertise in the management and operation of global semiconductor enterprises.<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dr. Richard L. Thurston<\/h4>

Co-founder, Chairman & CEO<\/h5>

Jim Bark<\/h4>

Co-founder & Chief Financial Officer<\/h5>

Masa Yoshida<\/h4>

Executive Vice President, Business Development<\/h5>

Paolo Moiraghi, PhD<\/h4>

Senior Vice President, Research & Development (part time)<\/h5>

Al Maiorino<\/h4>

Chief Marketing Officer<\/h5>

Oskaar Wu<\/h4>

Chief Compliance Officer<\/h5>

Jeremy Dickens<\/h4>

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Yasunori Hoshino<\/h4>

Executive Vice President, ChipForge\u2122 Operations & Facility Director<\/h5>

Takefumi Kida<\/h4>

Vice President, ChipForge\u2122 Operations & Facility Director<\/h5>

Richard Neill, PhD<\/h4>

Executive Vice President, Packaging & Advanced Additive Manufacturing<\/h5>

Yasunori Deguchi<\/h4>

Vice President, Equipment \u2013 Design, Procurement, Operations & Maintenance (through Daikin)<\/h5>

Rob Buyakowski<\/h4>

Executive Vice President, Global Expansion<\/h5>

Rekha Menon-Varma (via Altascient)<\/h4>

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Ron Faruqui<\/h4>

Vice President, Global Sourcing \u2013 Advanced Manufacturing & Adaptive Materials<\/h5>

Dr. Heinz Goddar (Boehmert & Boehmert)<\/h4>

International IP & General Legal Counsel<\/h5>

Haynes and Boone<\/h4>

U.S. Legal Counsel (New York & Other Offices)<\/h5>

SK Legal Solutions<\/h4>

India & Southeast Asia Legal Counsel (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)<\/h5>

Tim Moot<\/h4>

CPL Engineer, Engineering Consultant<\/h5>

Ari Reubin<\/h4>

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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\u2122 Operations & Facility Director Takefumi Kida Vice President, ChipForge\u2122 Operations & Facility Director Richard Neill, PhD Executive Vice President, Packaging & Advanced Additive Manufacturing Yasunori Deguchi Vice President, Equipment \u2013 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 \u2013 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWho We Are - Great Lakes Semiconductor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatlakessemiconductor.com\/index.php\/who-we-are\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who We Are - Great Lakes Semiconductor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who We Are Our team brings together more than 250 years of collective expertise in the management and operation of global semiconductor enterprises. 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