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Daniel A. Baker has been a director and NVE's President and CEO since 2001. He will retire as President and CEO as of the Annual Meeting and will remain on the Board as Chairman. Dr. Baker has nearly 50 years of executive and engineering experience. From 1993 until joining NVE, he was President and CEO of Printware, Inc., which manufactures and markets high-speed imaging systems. Prior to being named President and CEO, he was Printware's Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Product Development. He was a Printware director from 1993 to 2000. Printware was publicly traded beginning with its initial public stock offering in 1996 through Dr. Baker's tenure. Dr. Baker holds Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and MBA degrees from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Peter G. Eames is expected to be appointed our President and CEO effective the date of the Annual Meeting and is a first-time nominee to our Board of Directors. He has been an NVE employee in various capacities since joining the Company in 2003 after completing his Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Minnesota. He has been Vice President of Advanced Technology since 2016. In his current position he has led our research and development efforts, directed our engineering activities, oversaw the defense products business, and managed our production expansions and major capital investments. Dr. Eames was Director of Advanced Technology from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, he worked as a Research Scientist and as a defense program manager.

Daniel Nelson, is our Controller and has been our Principal Financial Officer since May 8, 2023. He joined NVE in 2022 as Senior Accountant. From August 2021 until joining NVE, he worked at RMH Tax & Business Advisors in Plymouth, Minn., and from May 2015 to July 2021 he was a senior accountant at Intelligere, a subsidiary of Propio Language Services. He earned Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Accounting from the University of Liberia and started his career at Baker Tilly in Liberia. Mr. Nelson identifies as African American.

errence W. Glarner has been a director since 1999 and Chairman of the Board since January 2001. Since 1993, Mr. Glarner has been President of West Concord Ventures, Inc., a venture capital company. He has served as a director of several other publicly traded companies in the past. Mr. Glarner has a B.A. in English from the University of St. Thomas, a J.D. from the University of Minnesota School of Law, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.Terence W. Glarner, age 83, was nominated to remain on the Board.

Patricia M. Hollister has been a director since 2004. She was Director of Finance for TEL FSI, Inc. (now TEL Manufacturing and Engineering of America, Inc., or TMEA) until retiring in 2016. TMEA designs, manufactures, markets, and supports equipment used in the fabrication of microelectronics. Ms. Hollister served as chief financial officer of FSI International Inc. (FSI) from 1998 until it was acquired by TEL in 2012. FSI was publicly traded until it was acquired. Prior to joining FSI in 1995, Ms. Hollister was employed by KPMG LLP, where she served for more than 12 years on various audit and consulting engagements, most recently as a Senior Manager. Ms. Hollister holds a B.S. in Accounting from St. Cloud State University.

Kelly Wei has been a director since May 2024. She is Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Medtronic plc. Dr. Wei has held various scientific, engineering, management, and senior management positions at Medtronic since 2007. She started her career as a senior research scientist in cardiac rhythm and disease management at Boston Scientific Corporation in 2004. Dr. Wei has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Williams Syndrome Association since 2021, and a member of the Board of Directors of Abova, Inc. since February 2024. Abova is a privately-held oral and overall health, technology and science-driven company. She is also a certified executive coach. Dr. Wei has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. in Integrative Biology and Physiology from the University of Minnesota Medical School, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

James W. Bracke has been a director since 2021. Dr. Bracke has been President of Boulder Creek Consulting, LLC, a business and technology consulting firm, since 2004. He was Vice President of Oral Health at EPIEN Medical Inc., a privately-held medical device company, from April 2014 to September 2018. Dr. Bracke was President and CEO of Lifecore Biomedical, Inc., a publicly-held medical device manufacturer, from 1983 to 2004. He has been a director of Autoscope Technologies Corporation since 2009. Autoscope is a publicly-held corporation dedicated to helping improve safety and efficiency for cities and highways by developing and delivering above-ground detection technology, applications, and solutions. Dr. Bracke is a member of Autoscope's Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Compensation Committee. He was Chairman of the Image Sensing Systems Board from September 2011 until June 2016. Dr. Bracke received a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Iowa College of Medicine.

Carolyn W. Valentine is a first-time nominee to our Board of Directors. Ms. Valentine has served as President of Grason-Stadler (GSI), a Demant Company, since October 2023. Demant is a publicly traded hearing healthcare and audio technology group, and GSI is a world leader in audiology equipment. From 2018 to 2023, Ms. Valentine served as Vice President and General Manager of Demant's Philips, Sonic, and Bernafon hearing aid lines. From 2012 to 2017, Ms. Valentine held several executive positions at Johnson & Johnson (J&J), a publicly traded multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technologies company, most recently serving as Vice President, Enterprise Customers Group, J&J Medical Devices. Earlier in her career, she held positions at Abbott Laboratories, Conagra Foods, and the Kraft Heinz Company (formerly Kraft Foods). Ms. Valentine holds a B.A. in French Studies and Communications from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Indiana University.