LightPath Technologies LPTH

Mr. Rubin has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, and as a Director since March 2020. Mr. Rubin is also Chief Executive Officer and a director of LightPath Optical Instrumentation (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (LPOI), our wholly-owned subsidiary located in Jiading, People's Republic of China, LightPath Optical Instrumentation (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd. (LPOIZ), our wholly-owned subsidiary located in the New City District, of the Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China, ISP Optics Corporation (ISP), our wholly-owned subsidiary, located in Orlando, Florida, and ISP Optics Latvia SIA (ISP Latvia), our wholly-owned subsidiary located in Riga, Latvia. Prior to joining us, Mr. Rubin was formerly the General Manager at Thorlabs Inc. (Thorlabs). In Mr. Rubin's prior senior executive role at Thorlabs, he was responsible for Thorlabs' Imaging Systems Division, a standalone organization with its own sales and marketing, as well as global responsibility for all of Thorlabs' Life Science activities. Among the positions he held at Thorlabs, Mr. Rubin founded and grew Thorlabs's fast growing operation in China, and spearheaded Thorlabs' entry and significant growth in the Life Sciences market. As a member of the senior executive team, Mr. Rubin led new strategic initiatives for Thorlabs, including new product lines, acquisitions and growth into new markets. Prior to joining Thorlabs, Mr. Rubin co-founded Xlight Photonics, an optical communication startup, which was later sold to a telecommunications private equity firm. Mr. Rubin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering from Ben Gurion University, a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University, Stern School of Business, and is a graduate of the Executive Education, Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Miranda joined the Company in April 2021 and was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer on May 7, 2021. Mr. Miranda was previously employed with Jenoptik North America, Inc. (Jenoptik) for twelve years and held the positions of President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his employment with Jenoptik, he held senior level finance and operational positions in optical products groups within Carl Zeiss AG and served in the finance department for a division of BASF SE. Mr. Miranda received an undergraduate degree in Public Accounting from Pace University in New York. He attained significant professional experience and management expertise through key functional areas encompassing finance, operations, business development, sales, marketing, human resources, and information technology across a broad group of products and services in demanding and diverse industries including healthcare, defense and security, consumer electronics, automotive, and semiconductors.

Mr. Faris has served as a director of the Company since December 2011, and was appointed Chair, effective December 20, 2022. Mr. Faris is an experienced entrepreneur with almost two decades of operating, venture-financing, and commercialization experience, involving more than 20 start-up and emerging-growth technology companies. In April 2024 Mr. Faris founded Eqlipse Quantum, a commercialization accelerator focused on launching and financing transformational dual-use quantum enabled companies for critical defense and intelligence requirements. From October 2021 to April 2024, Mr. Faris served as Chief Executive Officer of Infleqtion (formerly Cold Quanta, Inc.). Since September 2016, he had served as Chief Business Officer of Luminar Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of autonomous vehicle systems technologies including Lidar sensor suites. In June 2013, Mr. Faris founded Aerosonix, Inc. (formerly MicroVapor Devices, LLC), a privately held developer and manufacturer of advanced medical devices, and served as its Chief Executive Officer until August 2016 and has served as Chairman of the board of directors since June 2013. In 2002, Mr. Faris also founded the Astralis Group, a strategy advisor that provides consulting to start-up companies and, since 2004, Mr. Faris has served as its Chief Executive Officer. In August 2007, Mr. Faris founded Planar Energy, a company that developed transformational ceramic solid-state battery technology and products and served as its Chief Executive Officer until June 2013. Planar Energy is a spin-out of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. From October 2004 to June 2007, Mr. Faris was a partner with Corporate IP Ventures (formerly known as MetaTech Ventures), an early-stage venture fund specializing in defense technologies. Mr. Faris also previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Waveguide Solutions, a developer of planar optical light wave circuit and micro system products, and as a director and Chief Operating Officer of Ocean Optics, Inc., a precision-optical-component and fiber-optic-instrument spin-out of the University of South Florida. Mr. Faris was also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Corporation, a technology accelerator, served as a director of the Florida Seed Capital Fund and Technology Commercialization at the Center for Microelectronics Research, and the Chairman of the Metro Orlando EDC. Mr. Faris received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Penn State University in 1988.

Ms. Peck has served as one of our directors since November 2019. Ms. Peck served as a consultant to the Board beginning in April 2019. Prior to that she served as a Managing Partner of a start-up employee engagement consultancy firm from June 2017 through February 2019 and she currently works with and advises private companies in short and long term cash, capital planning and strategies. From May 2013 until February 2016, Ms. Peck served as the Vice President Finance, Global Services for IMS Health Inc. (IMS Health, now IQVIA Holdings Inc.), a technology and analytics company serving life sciences companies near Danbury, Connecticut. From November 2009 until May 2013, Ms. Peck was Vice President Financial Planning and Analysis for IMS Health. From May 2002 through November 2009, Ms. Peck was Vice President Finance and Investor Relations for IMS Health. Prior to that, Ms. Peck was Vice President Finance, IBM Software Group (a division of International Business Machines Corp., or IBM) in Somers, New York from March 2001 to May 2002. From 1982 through to 2001, she held progressively increasing leadership responsibilities at IBM in finance, including Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of several acquired companies in technology, manufacturing, and computer leasing. Ms. Peck earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology at the University of Rochester and a Master's degree in Business Administration from New York University Stern Graduate School of Business Administration.

Mr. Creviston has served as one of our directors since March 2021. He has served as Corporate Vice President and President of Connectivity and Sensors Group for Qorvo, Inc. (Qorvo) since June 2022. Prior to that, he served as Corporate Vice President and President of Mobile Products for Qorvo since January 2015. Prior to that, he served as the Corporate Vice President and President of Cellular Products Group for RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) from August 2007 to January 2015. From May 2002 to August 2007, he served as Corporate Vice President of Cellular Products Group (previously known as Wireless Products until 2004), for RFMD. Mr. Creviston received a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Dr. Menaker was appointed to the Board in November 2018, and prior to that was a consultant to the Board beginning in March 2018, and prior to that was a consultant to us beginning in December 2016. From 1998 to 2016, he served as President of ISP, and as a director of its wholly owned subsidiary, ISP Latvia, until we acquired ISP in December 2016. Dr. Menaker is a graduate of Latvian State University, where he received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Economics. In 1985, Dr. Menaker received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics. He co-founded UAV Factory Ltd. (UAVF) in Latvia in 2009 and served as its CEO from January 2017 to January 2021. Dr. Menaker continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for UAVF, which became part of Edge Autonomy Holdings. Edge Autonomy Holdings is a leading manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles. Dr. Menaker is also a Board Member of Alpha Unmanned Systems, Spanish Company specializing in the unmanned rotary systems. He also serves as a board member for Tsal Kaplun Foundation, a non-profit organization.

Ms. Crider is a highly experienced executive and has served as a director on boards for both private and public companies. She has held executive leadership positions in several multi-billion-dollar enterprises over the past 10 years, with deep expertise in aerospace, cybersecurity, data/AI and information technology. Ms. Crider presently has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Cybersecurity Center since July 2021, and for the Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation since January 2022. She also serves as a Board Advisor for Aalyria Technologies, Inc. a position she has held since January 2022. Ms. Crider served as a member of the Board of Directors of Virgin Orbit National Systems, LLC from April 2022 to August 2023. Ms. Crider is a founding partner and since its inception in May 2023, has served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Elara Nova Space Consultancy, LLC, a premier global advisory firm focused on the space sector. From 2016 to 2021, she was President of Kim Crider & Associates, LLC and Leadership Matters, LLC, specialized consulting firms providing executive consulting and coaching services to CEOs, CIOs, CTOs and other C-Suite leaders across industry sectors. A retired Major General in the United States Air Force, after serving in progressive leadership roles from 1986-2019, she also served as the first Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for the United States Space Force, Pentagon Washington D.C. from 2019 to 2021. Ms. Crider earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in North Carolina, a Master of Business Administration degree from Western New England College in Massachusetts, a Master of Science in Military Studies from Air Command and Staff College in Alabama, a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from National Defense University in Washington, D.C., and a Graduate Certificate in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University in Massachusetts.

Mr. Ellis will be appointed as independent director, effective as of the closing date of transaction . Mr. Ellis, age 56, has served as a Co-Managing Member at North Run, a public security investment firm, since December 2002. Prior to co-founding North Run in 2002, Mr. Ellis, was a Principal at Berkshire Partners, LLC, a private equity firm, an Analyst at MHR Fund Management, a hedge fund and distressed debt fund, and an Associate in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Ellis has served on the boards of directors of LENSAR, Inc. since May 2023 and of Guerrilla RF, Inc. since August 2024. Mr. Ellis received an A.B. degree from Princeton University and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

On October 9, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mark Caylor to serve on the Board effective immediately. Mark Caylor is a veteran defense industry executive with over 35 years of experience driving profitable growth, planning and executing technology and corporate strategy, managing capital structure and risk, and leading large organizations. Mr. Caylor recently retired as President of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems Sector, a supplier of advanced sensing, processing, and communications technologies for defense and intelligence customers, with operations in the U.S. and Europe. He was previously President, Enterprise Services and Chief Strategy Officer where he led Northrop Grumman's shared services, corporate strategy, and mergers and acquisitions. He also served as Corporate Vice President and Treasurer, responsible for the company's liquidity, insurance, and capital structure management. Earlier, Mr. Caylor held leadership roles in banking and capital markets as well as technology development. He joined Northrop Grumman in 2002. Mr. Caylor began his corporate career in 1988 at Hughes Aircraft Company (later acquired by The Boeing Company), where he led commercial business development initiatives and engineered spacecraft and orbital systems. After earning a bachelor's degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he obtained a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the California Institute of Technology and later a master's degree in business administration from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.