John C.C. Fan, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Fan, a founder of the Company, has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since its organization in April 1984. He has also served as President of the Company since July 1990. Prior to July 1985, Dr. Fan was Associate Leader of the Electronic Materials Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Fan is the author of numerous patents and scientific publications. Dr. Fan received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University.

David E. Brook, Secretary and Director. Mr. Brook has served as a Director since 1984. Mr. Brook is the founder and senior partner of the patent law firm of Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds in Concord, Massachusetts.

Mr. Osgood retired in 2012 after serving as Head of Equity Capital Markets for Wedbush Securities since January 2009. Mr. Osgood joined Wedbush Securities when it acquired Pacific Growth Equities, which Mr. Osgood founded in 1991. Mr. Osgood served in various capacities with Pacific Growth Equities prior to its acquisition, including President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chairman and Executive Chairman. Prior to founding Pacific Growth Equities, Mr. Osgood was the Head of Capital Markets, Sales and Trading at Volpe, Welty and Company, a company he also co-founded in 1986. Previously, Mr. Osgood held senior positions in institutional sales at Montgomery Securities, Rotan Mosely and Smith Barney. Mr. Osgood holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Biology from the University of the South. Mr. Osgood in a Director of LRAD Corporation, a public company.

Dr. Collins has served as one of our directors since 1985. From October 1968 to June 1974, Dr. Collins received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and his PhD in Science from University of Delaware. Dr. Collins was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Data Science Ventures, Inc. (DSV I). He was a Founder of DSV Associates (DSV II); DSV Partners III (DSV III); DSV Partners IV (DSV IV) and has been the Managing Partner of each since their formation in 1974, 1981 and 1985 respectively. These organizations provide venture capital and management assistance to early-stage high-technology companies. In July of 1997 Dr. Collins became a Special Limited Partner of Cardinal Partners, the successor to the DSV series of partnerships. In August of 2003 Dr. Collins became a General Partner of Battelle Ventures which he founded.