The Invistics team is made up of seasoned manufacturing and operations research veterans who hail from research and innovation powerhouses including MIT, Northwestern, Penn State and Georgia Tech. The company has been recognized with multiple grants from the National Science Foundation and its patented technologies have received numerous awards for innovation.

Management Team

Tom Knight

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Tom Knight co-founded Invistics in 1999. As Chief Executive Officer, he has overall responsibility for the company’s solution strategy and operations. Prior to founding Invistics, Tom spent 10 years improving supply chains as a manufacturing executive at Alcoa and Siemens.

Tom has a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). While at MIT, he conducted research on software to improve manufacturing planning and scheduling, receiving the Goodyear Prize in Manufacturing Management from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Charlie Agulla

Vice President, Consulting Services

Charlie Agulla leads the implementation and change management activities for Invistics. A member of the Invistics team since 2003, Charlie has more than 15 years of experience in manufacturing and plant engineering.

He  began his career in the pulp and paper industry at International Paper, and moved into plant management at a corrugated manufacturing facility where he was responsible for implementing corporate-wide Lean techniques.   In addition, Charlie has served in a product management role with Sun Microsystems’ software group.

Charlie is a Northwestern University alumni twice, having earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and an MEM from the McCormick School of Engineering. He also holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

David McLaughlin

Vice President, Finance
David McLaughlin leads the company’s financial activities. Prior to joining Invistics, David started his career in public accounting at a regional firm, where he attained the position of Audit Manager. During his eight year tenure he specialized in auditing real estate, telecommunications, and Software as a Service (SaaS) industries. Upon leaving public accounting, he has been the Controller for a privately held telecommunications company and a Consultant for AcuityCFO, LLC, which provides broad financial leadership to small and mid-size technology companies.

David graduated from Kennesaw State University in 1998 with a B.B.A. in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in the State of Georgia, and is actively involved in the Georgia Society of CPA’s. David is a member of the Board of Directors for the McCleskey East Cobb & Northeast Cobb YMCA.

Board of Directors

I. Sigmund Mosley, Jr.

Chairman
I. Sigmund Mosley, Jr. is President of Imlay Investments, Inc.  Mr. Mosley received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University in 1968.  From 1968 to 1969 Mr. Mosley was employed by Peat Marwick & Mitchell as a staff accountant.  He joined Management Science America, Inc. in 1969 as a staff accountant and served as Secretary-Treasurer from 1972 to 1990 and was a Vice President from 1982 to 1991.

Mr. Mosley serves on the board of directors of the following private companies: Activate  Systems, Inc.; CodeGuard, Inc.;Contract Packaging, Inc.; eQuorum Corporation; Rotunda Corporation; Invistics Corporation; Kelly Registration, Inc.; Photobooks, Inc.; Pramana, LLC; Global Crypto, Inc.; Sentrinsic , Inc.;Skyway Software Inc.; 2080 Media, Inc.; Urjanet, Inc. and USBA Holdings, Inc.

Mr. Mosley has invested in a several of wireless companies including People’s Cable, Correct TV, Wireless Cable of Florida and SWCC. Imlay Investments, Inc. is the personal investment company of John P. Imlay, Jr. In addition, Mr. Mosley is a Director of The Imlay Foundation, Inc., Techbridge, and Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast.  Mr. Mosley is also a director of GATV and TAG. Mr. Mosley was born in 1946 and has six children.  Hobbies include golfing, coin collecting and reading.

Frank Wingate

Director
Frank Wingate is a Partner with HiTech Partners LLC.

Previously Mr. Wingate was the Co-founder and CEO of Industrial Computer Corporation (ICC) which he led from inception thru its sale to GenRad, a NYSE company.  ICC developed, installed, and supported mission-critical, 7×24 computer software for real-time shop floor control that was used with manufacturing supply chain and customer order management systems, primarily for Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Wingate has electrical engineering degrees from Auburn University (B.S.) and Stanford University (M.S.).

He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy at sea aboard the USS Intrepid and with the National Security Agency in Washington D.C.