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John Sarvis is a Board Member at Kyocera and Chairman/President/CEO at AVX CORP. He has worked as VP:Ceramics at AVX CORP, Board Member at AVX CORP, and VP:Ceramic Products at AVX CORP.

William M. Lowe, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and Director, was named such in December 2018. Mr. Lowe joined the Corporation in July 2008 as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lowe was previously the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Unifi, Inc., a producer and processor of textured synthetic yarns from January 2004 to October 2007. Prior to holding that position, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Metaldyne, an automotive components manufacturer. He also held various financial management positions with ArvinMeritor, Inc., a premier global supplier of integrated automotive components. He received his B.S. degree in business administration with a major in accounting from Tri-State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Ohio.

John Fan is the Founder, Chairman, CEO and President of Kopin Corporation. In 1985, Dr. Fan started Kopin with a group of MIT engineers and scientists. Under his leadership, Kopin became the leading provider of HBT transistor wafers for mobile phones and small-format active-matrix liquid crystal displays for military systems and mobile consumer devices like video cameras. Dr. Fan has authored about 200 publications, edited three books and has over 50 issued patents. Dr. Fan was an early advocate of wearable computer headsets with an early patent issued on this technology in 1998 (US Patent 5,815,126). In 1999, Dr. Fan received the Special Recognition Award from the Society of Information Displays (SID) and was chosen one of the Top 25 Asian American Entrepreneurs by Asia Week. He was also selected as one of the top 100 Asian American Entrepreneurs between 1999 and 2004 by Asia.net. Dr. Fan was the Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000, and was also chosen as their National Finalist. In 2005, he was selected as one of the USA’s top 15 nanotechnology innovators by NASA’s Nanotech Briefs. Dr. Fan obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley, with highest honors. He attended Harvard University under a University Fellowship and obtained his Master and Ph. D. degrees in Applied Physics in 1972. From 1972 to 1985, Dr. Fan carried out research on semiconductor materials and devices at Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and was Associate Leader of the Electronic Materials Group.

Mr. James J. Peterson is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Microsemi Corporation.He served as President of LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., a manufacturer of linear and mixed signal integrated from 1997 to 1999 and as its Vice President of Sales from 1996 to 1997. We acquired LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc. in 1999. Prior to joining LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., Mr. Peterson served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Corporate Communications of Texas Instruments Storage Products Group from 1984 to 1996. Mr. Peterson was a Director of STEC, Inc., a storage solutions technology company based in Santa Ana, California, from 2003 to 2009. Mr. Peterson possesses significant experience in our industry and contributes detailed knowledge of our Company’s strategy and operations to the Board of Directors.

Robert A. Bruggeworth serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Qorvo, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance RF components and compound semiconductors. He also serves on Qorvo’s board of directors. Prior to the merger of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (“RFMD”) and TriQuijnt Semiconductor, Inc. to form Qorvo, Inc., Mr. Bruggeworth served as President and Chief Executive Officer of RFMD and served on the RFMD board of directors. Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, Mr. Bruggeworth served RFMD as both President of the company and Vice President of wireless products. Before joining RFMD, Mr. Bruggeworth held a variety of positions at AMP, Inc., a $5.5 billion supplier of electrical and electronic connection devices, including Divisional Vice President and Area Director for AMP's Asia Pacific Central region; Divisional Vice President of Operations, Asia Pacific; and most recently Divisional Vice President of Computer and Consumer Electronics, based in Hong Kong, China. Mr. Bruggeworth attended Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Bruggeworth became an MSA director in 2007.

Mr. Timothy E. Brog serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Peerless Systems Corp. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 2008, Chief Executive Officer since August 2010 and a director of the Company since July 9, 2007. Mr. Brog was the Managing Director of Locksmith Capital Management LLC, the portfolio manager to Locksmith Value Opportunity Fund LP, from September 2007 to August 2010 and the Managing Director of E2 Investment Partners LLC, a special purpose vehicle to invest in Peerless, from March 2007 to July 2008. Mr. Brog was President of Pembridge Capital Management LLC, the portfolio manager of Pembridge Value Opportunity Fund LP, a deep value activist hedge fund, from June 2004 to September 2007. Mr. Brog was the Managing Director of The Edward Andrews Group Inc., a boutique investment bank from 1996 to 2007. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Brog was a corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions associate of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Brog received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1989 and a B.A. from Tufts University in 1986. Mr. Brog is a Director of Eco-Bat Technologies Limited.

Ravi Vig serves as President and CEO of Allegro MicroSystems. He joined Allegro in 1984 as an Analog Design Engineer and then as a Design Manager working on optical and magnetic sensor ICs, helping to launch the company’s magnetic sensor IC business. He went on to head the marketing effort for these innovative products, leading to his role as the Vice President of the Sensors Business Unit. He has since served as the Senior VP of Business Development, responsible for the Sensor and Power IC businesses, and Chief Operating Officer prior to being named President and CEO in 2016. Ravi earned his BSEE from Rutgers University, MSc from Dartmouth, his MBA from Southern New Hampshire University and has completed the Global Executive Leadership Program (GELP) at Yale University. Ravi currently serves on the Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Board of Directors and holds over 60 U.S. Patents.