Mr. Kurtzweil has served as an independent consultant since 2017, which includes periodically serving as an interim Chief Financial Officer for his clients. Mr. Kurtzweil is also engaged in cybersecurity matters, holding a certificate in cybersecurity oversight from Carnegie Mellon University. This background enables him to assist the Company, other boards, and his consulting clients in assessing their cybersecurity defenses and incident preparedness. From July 2017 to November 2018, Mr. Kurtzweil served as the Chief Financial Officer of Akoustis Technologies, Inc., an RF filter semiconductor company. From 2015 to March 2017, Mr. Kurtzweil was VP Finance of Cree, Inc., a provider of light emitting diode, lighting, and semiconductor products, and Chief Financial Officer of its subsidiary, Wolfspeed, a Cree Company. From 2012 until 2014, Mr. Kurtzweil served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Networks, Inc., a provider of open networking innovations. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Kurtzweil served as Executive Vice President, Finance and as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cree, Inc. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Kurtzweil was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cirrus Logic, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. Mr. Kurtzweil served on the Board of SkyWater Technology, Inc., a U.S. semiconductor foundry, from 2020 until May 2024. Mr. Kurtzweil brings to the Board significant senior executive leadership experience, including 19 years as a chief financial officer of publicly traded technology companies, during which he participated in placing an aggregate of over $2.0 billion in equity and debt instruments. His technology industry experience includes several M&A transactions which, when combined with his treasury experience, gives him a valuable perspective as a director. Mr. Kurtzweil has developed an advanced understanding of cybersecurity strategies through a certificate program at Carnegie Mellon University. His qualifications to serve as a director also include that he is a certified public accountant and certified management accountant, his cybersecurity oversight expertise, his financial market experience, training through the Stanford Directors College, active membership with National Association of Corporate Directors, and his qualifications as an audit committee financial expert. Mr. Kurtzweil has served on the Audit Committee since his election to the Board in May 2015, serving as Chairperson since February 2017. He served on the Compensation Committee from 2015 to 2024 and has served on the Nominating and Governance Committee since May 2024. The Board highly values his contributions in these roles.