David B. Jackson

Founder, CEO, and CTO

David Jackson is an established thought leader in adaptive enterprise data centers, cloud, and HPC environments. Over a period of sixteen years, David worked for several HPC centers, providing resource management and scheduling services to such leadership-class organizations as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, San Diego Supercomputer Center, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Maui High Performance Computing Center, and the Center for High Performance Computing. He also worked as a consultant at IBM’s AIX System Center. David is a founding member of the Global Grid Forum and a member of the Department of Energy’s Scalable System Software Initiative. David has authored numerous publications and has presented at various industry conferences, including Supercomputing, GlobusWorld, IEEE Sigmetrics, and Usenix/Extreme Linux. David attended Brigham Young University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, a second bachelor’s degree in computer science, and a master’s degree in computer science.

Michael A. Jackson

Co-founder, President, and COO

Michael Jackson drives Adaptive Computing’s strategic direction, where he focuses primarily on business and partner relationships. Prior to joining Adaptive Computing Enterprises, Michael was product manager of Internet and security products at Novell Inc.—the current developer of SUSE Linux. He also served as Novell’s channel business development manager. Prior to Novell, Michael was with Dorian International, the second largest import–export management company in the United States. Michael graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in international relations, with an emphasis in international trade and finance.

Peter ffoulkes

Vice President of Marketing

Peter ffoulkes has over twenty years of diversified international experience in enterprise and high performance computing, including positions in management, business and product strategy development, product marketing, sales, and training with leading international information technology companies. His most recent positions were director of outbound marketing at ClearSpeed Technology, director of marketing for high performance computing at Sun Microsystems, and director and principal analyst for the Worldwide Workstation Computing program at Gartner Dataquest.

Ian Gilbert

Director of Business Development, EMEA

Ian Gilbert has over thirty years of experience in high-performance computing, spanning both high-end hardware solutions and application software. He has held a variety of sales and sales management positions in Digital Equipment Corporation and Hewlett Packard, where he took a leading role in developing relationships with channel partners and application software vendors. He has considerable pan-European experience and has held several senior business development roles, helping high-tech companies to expand their international business. He was vice president of business development at Scali (a very early player in Linux cluster deployment and management) and was European general manager for Exa Corporation (a market leader in advanced methods for computational fluid dynamics). Ian graduated from Kingston University with an honors degree in aeronautical engineering.

Bruce Scott Moio

Director of Finance and Operations

Bruce Moio is responsible for financial operations, human resources, and day-to-day operations worldwide. Prior to joining Cluster Resources, Bruce was a consultant for the Utah Division of Public Utilities. He also worked for RGL, an international forensic accounting firm in southern California after working as controller and as a member of the executive committee for The Payne Company, a large service and manufacturing company in southern California. Bruce earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Loyola Marymount University and a master’s degree in business administration from USC Marshall School of Business.

Thomas Isaacson, JD

General Counsel

Thomas Isaacson manages Adaptive Computing’s international IP portfolio, protecting the company’s intellectual property through patent and trademark applications. Thomas practices strategic patent prosecution, assertion, and licensing and has extensive experience working with a variety of high-tech global enterprises, including AT&T, PalmSource, and Apple Computer. He has also focused on strategic patent prosecution and licensing of industry standards-based technologies such as MPEG-4 and MPEG-7 and has negotiated and asserted IP rights in Finland, France, Germany, Taiwan, and South Korea. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Utah and a doctorate in law from Brigham Young University.