Company: LASR
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001124796-25-000043
Chunk: 16

Company: NLIGHT, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 16
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, as a member of our compensation committee from February 2004 to December 2012 and from March 2025 onwards, as a member of our technology security compliance committee from February 2018 to September 2019 and from February 2005 to November 2006, and as a member of our information and technology security committee since January 2021. Mr. Carano is a general partner of Oak Investment Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm he joined in 1985. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Carano was a member of Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group, where he was responsible for advising Morgan Stanley on high-tech new business development and sponsoring venture investments. Mr. Carano has served on the board of directors of NextNav Inc. since 2025 and has served on the boards of directors of numerous private companies. Mr. Carano served on the board of directors of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. from 1998 to September 2019, NeoPhotonics Corporation from 2004 to August 2022 and Airspan Networks Holdings Inc. from 2001 to December 2023. Mr. Carano also serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund. Mr. Carano received a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University. 
 We believe Mr. Carano’s technical engineering background and experience advising growth-oriented technology companies as a venture capital investor, coupled with his experience as a director of numerous public and private companies, qualifies him to serve on our board.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |     |     2001 |
| Douglas Carlislehas served as a member of our board of directors since April 2001, as a member of our audit committee since February 2005 and as a member of our nominating and corporate governance committee since February 2018. Douglas is currently a "partner emeritus" at Menlo Ventures, where from September 1984 until September 2022 he was a general partner and managing director of the firm.  Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm investing primarily in engineering and technology-based early-stage growth companies. Prior to that, from 1982 to September 1984, Mr. Carlisle was an associate at Menlo Ventures. Mr. Carlisle currently serves on the boards of directors of numerous private companies. Mr. Carlisle received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a