Kopin KOPN

Mr. Murray has served as one of our directors since 2022. Mr. Murray joined Kopin in September 2022 from Ultra, a British Defense and Security company he joined in 2020, where he served as President of the Cyber business. Prior to joining Ultra, Mr. Murray worked at Blackridge Technology as a Senior Vice President and General Manager, IloT from 2017 to 2020. An engineer by training, Mr. Murray has always been associated with technology-focused companies. Prior to Ultra Electronics, he worked at Aceinna Inc. as Executive Vice President and Analog Devices, where he led the Industrial Sensing business unit. At these companies Mr. Murray was involved in overall strategy of the business, product development, manufacturing, sales and marketing and acquisitions. Mr. Murray holds a B.S.C. in business management from Northeastern University, a M.S.C in technology commercialization from Northeastern University, and a M.B.A from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. Manz, has served as our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since September 2025. Previously, Mr. Manz served as the Business Unit Chief Financial Officer of Allegro MicroSystems (NYSE: ALGM) where he led the financial structure, support, and oversight for the product business group from March 2023 to July 2025. Mr. Manz began his career at Serta in their accounting department and holds a B.S. in accounting from Bryant University.

Mr. Baker, has served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer for Kopin Government and Industrial and Strategic Business Officer since January 2020. Previously Mr. Baker served as the Company's Strategic Business Officer from February 2019 to January 2020 Senior Vice President, Business Development from January 2017 to January 2019, and as Vice President, Business Development between March 2014 and December 2016. From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Baker served as Executive Vice President, Business Development & Sales at ZINK Imaging Co., a private company headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts that invented ZINK Zero Ink Technology. Mr. Baker holds a B.A. in economics from Colby College and an M.B.A. from Boston University.

Dr. Avery has served as one of our directors since 2021. Dr. Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School, a position she has held since 2013. She is an authority on brand management, customer relationship management (CRM), and digital marketing. Prior to her academic career, she worked in consumer packaged goods brand management, managing brands for The Gillette Company, Braun Inc., Samuel Adams, and AT&T, and spent time on the agency side of the business, as an Account Executive managing consumer promotions for Pepsi, General Foods, Bristol-Myers, and Citibank. She is Lead Director of the Board at Amica Mutual Insurance Company, a Director of the Harvard/MIT COOP, President Emerita of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a Trustee of the Boston Ballet. Dr. Avery holds a D.B.A. in marketing from Harvard Business School, a M.B.A in marketing and finance from the Wharton School, and a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Walsh has served as one of our directors since September 2024. He currently serves on the board of directors of Semtech Corporation (NASDAQ: SMTC), since April 2023, as Audit Committee Chair, and a member of the Nominating & Governance and Strategy & Technology Committees and Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), since May 2025, as Audit Committee Chair. Prior to retiring in February 2022, Mr. Walsh served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, at Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (NYSE: ALGM), a publicly traded global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures advanced sensor and power management integrated circuits for the automotive and industrial end markets, from 2014 to February 2022. Prior to joining Allegro, Mr. Walsh served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Rocket Software, Inc., a global software development firm, from 2013 to 2014. From 2004 to 2013, he served in several financial leadership roles at Silicon Laboratories Inc., a publicly traded global technology company that designs and manufacturers semiconductors, including as: Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President from 2011 to 2013; and Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance from 2006 to 2011, among other roles. Additionally, he has served on the board of directors of Nitero, Inc., a venture-backed startup semiconductor company, from 2012 to 2015, Grande Communications Networks, LLC, a broadband communications provider of cable and internet services, from 2008 to 2010, including as chairman of Grande's audit committee. Mr. Walsh graduated in 1986 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine, an M.B.A from Boston University in 1992 and a Graduate Certificate in Accountancy from Bentley University in 1996. Mr. Walsh passed the CPA exam on the first attempt in May 1997.

Ms. Seif has served as one of our directors since May 2024. From 2006 to 2022 Ms. Seif held various positions including Chief People Officer and Chief Legal Officer at Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) a global leader in the design and manufacturing of analog, mixed signal, and DSP integrated circuits. In her roles at ADI Ms. Seif's responsibilities included talent strategy, all legal matters, structuring and negotiating multiple mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, developing cyber risk mitigation strategies and protections of ADI's portfolio of intellectual property assets. From 1998 to 2005 Ms. Seif was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel & Secretary at RSA Security Inc. Ms. Seif has a B. A. from Brown University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Mr. Nieuwsma has served as one of our directors since November of 2023. A former US Air Force officer, he was employed with Collins Aerospace from 1991 to 2022. Mr. Nieuwsma led numerous lines of business at Collins Aerospace including roles as Executive Vice President, Information Management Solutions, President, Interior Solutions and President, Avionics Solutions. Mr. Nieuwsma holds a B.S., management from the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a B.S., computer science, from Chapman College, Orange, California, and a M.B.A. from the University of Iowa. He spent five years in the US Air Force, completing his military career attaining the rank of Captain, as an Acquisition Project Officer, Ballistic Systems Division, Norton AFB, California.