Company: CPSH
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-008032
Chunk: 10

Company: CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP/DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
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 II, L.P., ARD III, L.P., Hospitality Technology Fund, L.P. and Egan-Managed Capital, L.P. Mr. Hughes has served as a Director of the Company since 1993 and was elected Chairman of the Board in June 2018. Mr. Hughes has an S.B. and M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A from the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Hughes’s qualifications for election to and service on the Board of Directors include his financial expertise and knowledge and his understanding of the Company’s accounting practices and general accounting principles. Mr. Hughes’s venture capital experience, particularly serving on an interim basis in senior operating roles of emerging growth companies in the high technology sector, adds another valuable perspective to the Board, as do his management and business development skills.

Ralph M. Norwood. Mr. Norwood became a member of the Board in August 2019. Prior to his election, Mr. Norwood served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from September, 2011 until his retirement in May 2019. He came to the Company in 2011 from Navigator Capital Advisors LLC, a financial consulting company, where he served as President since he founded the firm in 2006. From 2002 until 2005 he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SatCon Technology Corporation, a clean energy company headquartered in Boston, MA. Previously, he served for over 20 years at Polaroid Corporation in various capacities including Vice President and Treasurer, Vice President and Controller, and Worldwide Manufacturing Controller. Mr. Norwood is also a veteran having served on active duty from 1968-1970 as a U.S. Army officer. Mr. Norwood is a CPA and has a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and an M.B.A from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. Since May 2019, Mr. Norwood has served on the Board of Directors of Technical Communications Corporation, a Massachusetts-based company that specializes in the design, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing and sale of communications security devices, systems and services. Mr. Norwood also serves on the Audit Committee and Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee of TCC’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Norwood’s qualifications for election to and service on the Board of Directors include his previous experience as a CPS executive officer, his familiarity with the Company’s products, markets and customers, and his significant financial expertise and experience generally.

Daniel C. Snow