Company: OMTK
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001096906-25-001247
Chunk: 16

Company: Omnitek Engineering Corp
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 16
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. PRESENT DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOMINEES FOR RE-ELECTION

| Name of Nominee |     | Age |     | Position (Proposed Term as Director) |
| Werner Funk     |     |  67 |     | Director – 1 Year                    |
| Gary S. Maier   |     |  72 |     | Director – 1 Year                    |
| John M. Palumbo |     |  69 |     | Director – 1 Year                    |

Werner Funk– Mr. Funk was born in Germany. He has been a Director and the CEO of Omnitek since its formation in May of 2001. Mr. Funk has over 30 years of experience in international business, manufacturing, engineering, marketing and Internet commerce. He is responsible for management, marketing and new product design. Mr. Funk was educated in Germany where he attended high school and vocational college for automotive technology and graduated with honors receiving a bachelor degree in automotive technology. While living in Germany, he worked for Mercedes-Benz and was the assistant crew chief of a Porsche factory sponsored racing team. Mr. Funk moved to the United States in 1978, where upon he started Nology Engineering Inc., a California Corporation, which designs, manufactures and markets automotive products for the performance aftermarket. Mr. Funk is listed as the inventor/co-inventor on several patents and patent applications. Page 10 of 12 Gary S. Maier– Mr. Maierwas appointed as a Director of the Company on August 3, 2012 and is an investor relations veteran with more than 30 years of industry experience. He is currently vice president of corporate communications and investor relations for Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPAA). He established Maier & Company, Inc. in 2003, and previously was a principal of another Los Angeles-based investor relations firm. His experience includes counseling diverse clients ranging in size from multi-billion-dollar organizations to emerging growth public and private companies across the country. His career also includes positions with an international public relations firm and a proxy solicitation firm offering investor relations services, both based in New York, as well as a Chicago-based agency. He is a long-time member of the National Investor Relations Institute. His experience also includes local and national political campaigns – including serving as the Illinois deputy press secretary for Walter Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign. Maier served as a board member for 18 years, including a term as president, of Veterans Park Conservancy