Engineering-Driven Search for High-Stakes Missions
A veteran-led firm bridging the gap between deep silicon literacy and national security execution.
Bridging the Technical Literacy Gap
The Problem: Recruiting as a Commodity
Most technical recruiting fails because agencies treat specialized talent as a commodity. In high-stakes environments like Semiconductors and National Security, a hiring mistake is more than an HR headache—it is a threat to the product roadmap, program stability, and mission delivery. When recruiters cannot speak the language of the engineering lab, they cannot effectively vet the mindset or the trajectory of the candidate.
The MKIS Mission: Risk Reduction through Expertise
MKIS was founded to eliminate this misalignment. Operating at the intersection of the Silicon Lifecycle and ADIC programs, we bring 25 years of practitioner-level experience to every search. We don’t just match keywords on a resume; we analyze how a candidate’s technical fluency will stabilize your team and reduce your long-term execution risk.
Veteran-Led. Engineering-Driven
MKIS Precision Search is led by Mark J. Kelly, a U.S. Navy enlisted veteran turned technology executive with more than twenty-five years of practitioner-level experience embedded within the global silicon lifecycle, spanning IC design, tape-out, manufacturing, and test. His academic background is deliberately multi-disciplinary: a BSEE from the University of Akron, earned through the GI Bill; an MBA from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management; and a Business Analytics credential from Wharton.
MKIS has recruited technical leaders for organizations including Samsung, GlobalFoundries, Seoul Semiconductor, KyoceraSLD, Telink, LEDVANCE, and Case Western Reserve University, among others.
"In high-stakes programs, the right leader doesn't just manage a roadmap—they stabilize the entire project rhythm."
