SkyWater Technology Foundry Leadership

Mr. Manko utilizes his extensive finance background in working with his team to drive profitability and enhance the value of the organization. He achieves this by collaborating with other leaders in the company to understand their challenges and opportunities, and develop a strategy for increased returns on investment. Prior to joining SkyWater as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Manko was Managing Director at Riveron Consulting where he led the Financial Advisory Services practice in Minneapolis. He and his team assisted companies through various change events such as acquisitions and internal process changes and optimizations. Previously, Mr. Manko was at Ernst & Young and specialized in the Banking & Capital Markets industries. He spent time in the Cleveland, Ohio and Honolulu, Hawaii offices, before moving with his family to the Twin Cities in 2015. Mr. Manko holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Akron and a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Business Administration from Malone University. He is also a member of various accounting and finance committees and organizations.

Amanda Daniel is a VP, Human Resources at Twin City Fan; Chief Human Resources Officer at SKYWATER TECHNOLOGY INC; and SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer at MTS SYSTEMS CORP and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She has worked as VP Human Resources at EQ Holdings, Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development at Stratasys, and Vice President of Human Resources and Post Merger Integration at Stratasys. Amanda studied at University of St. Thomas between 2009 and 2013, St. Cloud State University between 1996 and 2000, and Human Resource Certification Institute between 2002 and 2015.

Dr. Brad Ferguson is focused on accelerating the growth of SkyWater’s advanced packaging technology, expanding the company’s value chain, and strengthening strategic U.S. government relationships in support of microelectronics manufacturing.

Previously, he served as chief technology officer, creating a strong foundation for this critical function. In this role, he was responsible for developing the company’s technology roadmap and IP strategy by identifying high growth markets for SkyWater’s Technology Foundry business. In addition, Dr. Ferguson was focused on leading SkyWater’s government relations efforts. Prior to this, he served as senior director of sales in the custom foundry line of business at SkyWater and was also responsible for the government relations strategy.

Dr. Ferguson started his career in photolithography process development at Cypress Semiconductor. In 2008, he started up the Cypress custom foundry business to provide differentiated solutions to technology innovators. He also drove the accreditation process to achieve Trusted Foundry status and secured many defense customers, which launched the site’s entry into the aerospace and defense market, a key component of SkyWater’s market strategy.

Dr. Ferguson received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He also received a doctorate and Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Litecky is responsible for growing and expanding SkyWater’s revenue strategies, systems and programs needed to drive profitable and predictable growth for the company. He is focused on building and aligning revenue generating teams to meet the needs of targeted markets and further expanding SkyWater’s diversified customer relationships. Mr. Litecky’s 30 plus years of industry expertise includes sales, marketing and business development roles, with leadership skills in organizational development, technology development, engineering and operations. His previous experience includes executive level leadership roles with GCM, Interlink Electronics, Soligie (Molex), Starkey Labs, August Technology (Rudolph Technologies), NT International (Entegris), and Rosemount Inc. (Emerson Process Controls). Mr. Litecky holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Brad Ferguson is focused on accelerating the growth of SkyWater’s advanced packaging technology, expanding the company’s value chain, and strengthening strategic U.S. government relationships in support of microelectronics manufacturing.

Previously, he served as chief technology officer, creating a strong foundation for this critical function. In this role, he was responsible for developing the company’s technology roadmap and IP strategy by identifying high growth markets for SkyWater’s Technology Foundry business. In addition, Dr. Ferguson was focused on leading SkyWater’s government relations efforts. Prior to this, he served as senior director of sales in the custom foundry line of business at SkyWater and was also responsible for the government relations strategy.

Dr. Ferguson started his career in photolithography process development at Cypress Semiconductor. In 2008, he started up the Cypress custom foundry business to provide differentiated solutions to technology innovators. He also drove the accreditation process to achieve Trusted Foundry status and secured many defense customers, which launched the site’s entry into the aerospace and defense market, a key component of SkyWater’s market strategy.

Dr. Ferguson received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He also received a doctorate and Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.