Welcome to the 38th Annual GOMACTech Conference
MARCH 31-APRIL 3, 2014 - Las Vegas, NV

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Gilbert V. (Gil) Herrera is the Director of Microsystems Science, Technology, and Components at Sandia National Laboratories.  His responsibilities include the management of a 600 person research and development center with expertise in silicon and III-V compound semiconductors, optoelectronic device and process technology, micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) systems, and microsensors.  Among the facilities under his management is the MESA complex, the largest capital investment in the history of Sandia.  The MESA complex includes major semiconductor fabrication and compound semiconductor fabrication facilities housed in a ~100,000 ft2 clean room, along with over 120 light laboratories. 

From 1997 to 1999 on a leave of absence from Sandia, Mr. Herrera was the Chief Operating Officer of SEMI/SEMATECH, an Austin-based consortium of U.S. suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials.  Also on leave from Sandia, he was on the White House Staff of President George H. Bush from 1991 to 1992, serving as an AAAS/Sloan Foundation White House Science Fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

He presently serves on advisory boards for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Michigan, and the Council on Competitiveness.  From 1999-2011, he was a member of the Army Science Board where he chaired studies on Science and Technology for the Future Force, Soldier Power, Force Protection, and the Future Combat System in Urban Operations.  During his tenure, he was awarded both Commanders’ Medal for Civilian Service and the Patriotic Civilian Service Award.