DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Set forth below is certain information with respect to members of the Companys Board of Directors, including the nominees for election to the Board at
the Annual Meeting, and the other executive officers of the Company. Ages are listed as of the Record Date. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.
Directors
STEPHEN L. DOMENIK, 70, has served as a
director of the Company since December 2013 and as Chairman of the Board since March 2020. Since 1995, he has been a General Partner with Sevin Rosen Funds, a venture capital firm, where he led numerous investments in private companies. Since
December 2019, Mr. Domenik has served on the Board of Directors of Pre-Switch, Inc., a power architecture company that develops embedded artificial intelligence technology, and since March 2020,
Mr. Domenik has served on the Board of Directors of Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq: IMMR), a developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, also known as haptic technology. Mr. Domenik served as interim Chief Executive Officer of
Pixelworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: PXLW), a semiconductor company, from February to April 2016 and as a member of its board of directors from August 2010 to November 2016. Mr. Domenik previously served on the Boards of Directors of MoSys, Inc. (Nasdaq:
MOSY), a publicly-traded IP-rich fabless semiconductor company, from June 2012 until August 2018, Radisys Corporation, a publicly-traded provider of technology for mobile networks, from February 2018 until
December 2018, Meru Networks, Inc., a publicly-traded technology company, from January 2014 until it was acquired by Fortinet, Inc. in July 2015, NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a publicly-traded fabless semiconductor company, from January 2001 until
it was acquired by Broadcom Corporation in February 2012, and PLX Technology, Inc., a publicly-traded semiconductor company, from December 2013 until it was acquired by Avago Technologies in August 2014. He holds a B.S. in Physics and an M.S.E.E.
from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Domeniks expertise in corporate investments and strategic planning in the semiconductor industry, together with his experience serving as director of several other public and private
companies, were the primary qualifications that the Board considered in concluding that he should serve as a director of our company.
BRUCE E. GROOMS,
63, has served as a director of the Company since June 2019. Mr. Grooms has extensive senior management and executive experience in both the private sector and the U.S. Navy. From 2015 until June 1, 2019, Mr. Grooms served as
Technologies Corporations (Raytheon) Vice President of U.S. Business Development Navy and Marine Corps Programs, where he was responsible for identifying and pursuing U.S. Navy and Marine Corps business growth opportunities for
Raytheon and was one of its primary contacts with Navy customers, pursuing opportunities in the evolving cyber area, undersea growth and next-generation strike weapons. Prior to joining Raytheon, Mr. Grooms served in the U.S. Navy, retiring as
a Vice Admiral following a 35-year U.S. Navy career. Mr. Grooms U.S. Navy service included the positions of Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development at the NATO Allied Command
Transformation, Joint Staff Director and Assistant Deputy for Operations, Plans and Strategy for the Chief of Naval Operations staff, and Deputy Director and subsequently Director of the Submarine Warfare Division. He also served as Senior
Inspector for the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board, Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Company Officer and Commandment of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy. Mr. Grooms holds a B.S. degree in
Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a masters degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College, graduating with distinction, and later attended Stanford University as a National Security
Fellow. Mr. Grooms significant leadership experience, extensive knowledge of the defense industry and general business acumen were the primary qualifications that the Board considered in concluding that he should serve as a director of
our company.
NOEL HEIKS, 51, has served as a director since September 2019. Ms. Heiks has extensive executive management and entrepreneurial
experience in high tech companies, including defense and optoelectronics companies. In August 2021, Ms. Heiks founded and is now serving as Chief Executive Officer of Azultera Inc., a climate-smart agriculture company. Since June 2020,
Ms. Heiks has served on the Board of Directors of Censys
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