Sonja K. McClelland is the Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of Hurco Companies, Inc. ( Hurco ), a NASDAQ publicly-traded international industrial technology company that designs, manufactures and sells computerized machine tools. Ms. McClelland has worked for Hurco in various finance and accounting roles since September 1996 most recently serving as Executive Vice President since 2017; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since March 2014, Corporate Secretary from March 2014 to March 2021, and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since her appointment as Corporate Controller and Assistant Secretary in November 2004. Prior to joining Hurco, Ms. McClelland was employed by Arthur Anderson LLP following her graduation from college. Ms. McClelland is a senior financial executive with over 30 years of experience in public accounting and financial reporting responsibilities and qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules for service on the Audit Committee. She is a versatile business professional with a diverse background in corporate accounting and finance, manufacturing operations, investor relations, strategic planning, acquisitions and divestitures, complex international organizational structures, transfer-pricing and international tax strategies, foreign currency risk management, SEC reporting, compliance risk management, systems implementations, and corporate governance matters.