Executive Team

Doron Simon

CEO

Doron Simon joined Jova Solutions in 2009 after founding Simon Says Partnership, an enabling consulting entity focused on early stage companies seeking help and complementary skills in setting corporate strategies, developing go to market plans, business development and funding.

Prior to starting Simon Says, Mr. Simon spent a long career as a semiconductor executive in start ups, mid-size and established companies. Most recently President and COO of Corcim Technology Inc, a startup company in the embedded controls domain, prior to that he served as Corporate VP Marketing for Tower Semiconductors (NASDAQ: TSEM) and President of Tower USA and early career steps in National Semiconductors. While working at Tower, Doron was one of the driving forces behind establishing Tower as a key player in Image Sensor manufacturing.

Mr. Simon holds an MBA from Herriot-Watt Business School, Edinburgh, UK and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the Technion, Israel

Andrew Johnson

President

Andrew Johnson is co-founder and President of Jova Solutions. Andrew led the development of Jova Solutions core process control and data management platform and its flagship software solution, FermWorks.

Andrew specializes in data and control systems for biotechnology with particular expertise in the life sciences and biotechnology industries. He has built diagnostics programs for DNA sequencers and process control applications, such as fermentation monitoring and control systems that enhance productivity in laboratory environments and has licensed DNA synthesis control software to Stanford University, Genomic Solutions, and other parties. He has provided extensive support for the University of California at Berkeley's Integrated Biology and Chemistry departments.

Prior to co-founding Jova Solutions, Andrew ran a successful consulting company, working with many of the top biotechnology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, improving their process control and monitoring systems. Andrew received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from San Francisco State University in 1992.

Martin Vasey

VP ISL Business Unit

Martin Vasey is co-founder of Jova Solutions and VP ISL Business Unit. Martin is responsible for the firm’s manufacturing automation consulting business, hardware product development, and the development of the EMWorks product.

Martin’s background is in networked and web applications, imaging systems, and test and measurement instrumentation and devices. Martin specializes in applications that analyze and report complex and underutilized laboratory and manufacturing data for decision makers.

Prior to co-founding Jova Solutions, Martin ran a successful consulting business working with a variety of San Francisco Bay Area manufacturers. His 15 years of experience in developing technologies spans medical engineering, electronic manufacturing, biotechnology, telecommunications, and networking. Martin led the development of the first Virtual Factory Web System for 2Wire Inc., and solved a difficult data interaction challenge between Cisco's EDI system and the Flextronics BAAN ERP. Martin has demonstrated visionary capability in online application development building the music industry's first on line pay-per-track distribution channel, and an image server/e-commerce solution for the photography industry. Martin holds two Bachelor of Science degrees, in Physics and in Mathematics, from the University of Oregon.

Meg K. Brosnan

Director, Process Control Products

Meg K. Brosnan has served as Director of Software Products at Jova Solutions since 2001. She has been developing software systems for process control, factory automation, chemical analysis, and general instrumentation since 1982. Her specialty is designing intuitive human interfaces for complex systems. She worked with Honeywell to develop monitoring and control systems for continuous sheet production. She also worked at National Instruments (NI) for several years developing LabVIEW, a graphical programming environment, and drivers for data acquisition hardware.

Prior to NI, Meg developed systems for chemical analysis, such as titration, reaction calorimetry, thermal analysis, and chromatography at Mettler-Toledo in Switzerland and at Microsensor Technology in California. She got her start at Hewlett-Packard in instrumentation and manufacturing automation. Meg received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California at San Diego.