Company: VLDXW
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-060611
Chunk: 20

Company: Velo3D, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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 below, unless the proxy is marked to withhold authority to so vote. If any nominee for any reason is unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, the proxies may be voted for such substitute nominee as the proxy holder might determine. Each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if elected. Proxies may not be voted for more than two directors. Stockholders may not cumulate votes for the election of directors. Nominees to Our Board of Directors The nominees and their ages, occupations, and length of service on our Board as of the date of this Proxy Statement, are provided in the table below and in the additional biographical descriptions set forth in the text below the table.

| Name of Director/Nominee | Age | Occupation                                                    | Director Since |
| Adrian Keppler(1)        |  60 | Chief Executive Officer of AM Scalation                       | July 2023      |
| Jason Lloyd(2)           |  57 | Vice President of Maritime Engineering and Design of TotalTek | April 2025     |

(1) Member of the audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and governance committee (2) Member of the audit committee and nomination and governance committee Jason Lloyd is the vice president of Maritime Engineering and Design of TotalTek since assuming the position in August 2024. He previously served as the chief engineer at Naval Sea Systems Command from May 2020 to June 2024. Prior to this tour, Lloyd held multiple positions at Newport News Shipbuilding, including commanding officer of supervisor of shipbuilding from 2017-2020 and as the first reactor officer on USS Gerald R. Ford from 2013 to 2016. Rear Admiral (ret) Lloyd holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University. We believe Mr. Lloyd is qualified to serve on our Board due to his experience in maritime engineering and design and as a proven leader in the United States Navy. Kenneth Thieneman is the founder and chief executive officer of Thieneman Construction, Inc., a self-performing environmental general contractor specializing in water and wastewater treatment projects, from April 1999 to present. He held multiple positions at Bowen Engineering, a nationwide industrial water and CCR construction expert, including serving as the vice president from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Thieneman also is the co-inventor of Algaewheel, the

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