Michael J. McDonald
President

Mike is the founder and President of Gnostic Systems I, LTD since its inception in November 2003. He has over 30 years of experience within the semiconductor industry in the fields of: Information Technology, Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Equipment Automation, MES, Process Engineering and Manufacturing.

Prior to forming Gnostic Systems, Mike worked for TRW and Northrop Grumman for 6 years. He held the position of Director of the Central Region, Manufacturing Solutions Division where he was responsible for introducing TRW Manufacturing Solutions into Germany and China. Under his leadership, TRW performed successful project implementations for clients such as AMD, Motorola, SEMATECH and Intersil. Prior to joining TRW, Mike worked for SEMATECH for 2 years defining the automation communication standards SECS / GEM for the semiconductor industry. In addition he held various positions within IBM East Fishkill, NY (15 years), and Motorola Austin, TX (1.5 years). While employed at IBM Mike co-author technical papers and patents.

Jeff Acklen
Vice President, Business Operations

Jeff has over 20 years of semiconductor industry experience. Prior to joining Gnostic Systems, Jeff held various positions in business operations management at Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas. For Freescale, Jeff managed global customer and supplier programs in supply chain automation, customer service automation and Freescale’s Environmental Compliance initiatives. Prior to Freescale’s spin-off from Motorola, Jeff spent 5 years managing the manufacturing automation/B2B roadmap for Motorola’s outsource/foundry initiatives.

Prior to Motorola/Freescale, Jeff spent 8 years at SEMATECH managing the development and implementation of factory and equipment automation standards. As part of the SEMATECH equipment interface development program Jeff managed software development projects on over 60 types of semiconductor process equipment.

L. Richard Albani
Executive Advisor

Dick Albani, and his wife Pat, currently manage their consulting company, Manufacturing Automation Consultants, LLC in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dick retired from TRW in 2002 where he was a VP & GM responsible for the Manufacturing Solutions vertical of TRW’s Global Information Technology Division. His organization provided manufacturing information technology solutions ranging from eBusiness to ERP implementation to factory floor automation systems integration for the semiconductor, high tech electronics, automotive, industrial and pharmaceutical industries. His global organization consisted of 625 people located in 26 offices in 14 countries.

Dick has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology arena. Under his leadership, TRW performed successful project implementations for clients such as AMD, LSI Logic, Motorola, Silterra, and Infineon, Firmenich, FCI, Schlumberger, Caterpillar, Lear, Sumitomo, Conexant, PROMOS and ST Microelectronics. In addition, he developed TRW partnerships with industry leaders such as Brooks Automation, Applied Materials, Asyst, Camstar, and Hewlett Packard.