Company: LASR
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001124796-25-000043
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Company: NLIGHT, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. 
 We believe Mr. Gossman’s extensive senior management and business experience in venture capital, and as a founder, director and chief executive officer of numerous companies, qualifies him to serve on our board.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |     | 2016 |
| Raymond LinkRaymond Link has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2010, as a member of our compensation committee since December 2011, and as chairperson of our audit committee since December 2010. From July 2005 to April 2015, Raymond served as chief financial officer of FEI Company, a leading supplier of scientific and analytical instruments for nanoscale imaging. From July 2001 to June 2005, he was the chief financial officer of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a manufacturer of electronic signal processing components for wireless communications which he joined in 2001 as a result of TriQuint's merger with Sawtek, Inc., where he was the chief financial officer. Raymond served on the board of directors of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc from August 2015 until February 2019, Cascade Microtech from January 2005 until June 2016 and FormFactor, Inc. from July 2016 to June 2023. He received a B.S. degree in business administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 We believe Mr. Link’s financial and accounting expertise, including his service as a chief financial officer and extensive experience as a public company director, qualifies him to serve on our board.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     | 2010 |

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| Gary Lockehas served as a member of our board of directors since August 2017 and as a member of our nominating and corporate governance committee since February 2018. Mr. Locke previously served as the chairperson of our nominating and corporate governance committee from February 2018 to September 2023. Since 2014, Mr. Locke has been the chairman of Locke Global Strategies LLC, through which he provides strategic advice and consulting services to businesses in the United States and China. From 2011 until 201