Management Team

Nicolas W. Khoury
President and CEO

Nick Khoury is a senior executive with over 26 years experience with large global and start-up high technology companies. He joined Akrometrix as President and CEO in July of 2008. Prior to joining Akrometrix Nick was the President of iFire Technology Ltd. a Canadian research and technology company involved in flat panel display (FPD) applications; President and a Board member of OFS Fitel, LLC., an optical fiber subsidiary of Furukawa Electric of Japan headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia; Vice President and General Manager of the Fiber Optics Division of Lucent Technologies and Head of Integrated Circuits Manufacturing for Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Division in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

In addition to his years of experience in the semiconductor and fiber optics industries Nick has served on numerous Boards of Directors for companies such as Litespec, a joint venture between Lucent Technologies and Sumitomo Electric of Japan, The Shanghai Fiber Optics Company in China and Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Nick obtained a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and completed an Executive Education Program from INSEAD, France.

David H. Markovich
Vice President Global Sales, Marketing & Business Development

Mr. Markovich is responsible for planning, directing and executing the company's worldwide business development and marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Akrometrix Mr. Markovich lived in China serving as SVP APAC Market Operations for Telelogic AB, a global leader in embedded software applications development, business process management, enterprise architecture and requirements management. Prior to Telelogic Mr. Markovich was a co-founder and Executive Vice President of Sales of Procuri, Inc. (Acquired by Ariba (NASDAQ ARBA), an On-Demand Supply Management Solution provider based in Atlanta. Over the last 25 years Mr. Markovich has held senior management positions at Moai Technologies, a provider of web-based auction technology; Essentus, Inc., a provider of supply chain software solutions; Bachman Information Systems developer, database modeling and CASE tools; and MAI Basic Four, a leading manufacturer of mini-computers and vertical software applications. Mr. Markovich graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Business Administration.

Alan Barney
Vice President, Sales APAC

Mr. Barney joined Akrometrix in July 2003. Mr. Barney has 20+ years experience with various electronics companies and as a private consultant in the microelectronics field. Mr. Barney has held sales management positions with Signetics, in Sunnyvale, CA and Medtronic/Micro-Rel in Tempe, AZ prior to entering the international business arena at Kyocera America in 1983. At Kyocera, Mr. Barney began his study of Japanese language and culture. As Director, International Business Development, ATMI/ACSI from 1995 to 2001, he was responsible for all direct and channel sales and co-founded a foreign subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan for new business in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and China. From 2001 to 2003 Mr. Barney established a consulting practice. His firm established sales and marketing organizations for ATMI and Nissan Kagaku in Tokyo, negotiated joint manufacturing agreements serving TEL, Dai Nippon Screen, Applied Materials Japan, NEC, Sony, Fujitsu, Sharp, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, and Oki Denki. Mr. Barney graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Masters Degree in International Business.

Ken Chiavone
Director, Product Development

Mr. Chiavone is responsible for managing the engineering of Akrometrix next-generation equipment and software solutions and leading the company's ISO 9001:2000 registration initiative. Mr. Chiavone has experience developing solutions in a wide range of fields including high-volume consumer product manufacturing for Snapper and Frigidaire, industrial assembly production for Parker Hannifin, Eaton, Carrier, and GM, and medical device engineering for Roche and CR Bard. Mr. Chiavone graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors from the Mercer University of Georgia with a BS in Engineering.