Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-004906
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Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7A
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Hughes has over 30 years of legal experience and prior to joining us, he was the General Counsel for the Americas at Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a global automotive and industrial semiconductor manufacturer, from 2017 through 2021.  From 2015 to 2017, he was the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a power management semiconductor solutions provider.  During his career, Mr. Hughes has also served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ: BELM), and LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI), and served as a Division Counsel at Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) as well as a partner at a regional law firm in Southern California. Mr. Hughes holds a B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Conor B. Tierney has served as our Chief Accounting Officer since January 2022 and Chief Financial Officer since March 2023.  Mr. Tierney has over 20 years of financial experience and prior to joining us, Mr. Tierney served as the Head of Finance at Wing Aviation LLC (NASDAQ: GOOG), Alphabet’s drone delivery service from 2018 through to 2021.  Mr. Tierney also served in various positions at Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), a free-to-play mobile gaming company, from 2009 to 2018, including Corporate Controller.  Prior to Glu, Mr. Tierney served at Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. in their Transactions Services Team from 2008 to 2009.  During his career, Mr. Tierney also served as an auditor at Price Waterhouse L.L.P., where he focused primarily on semiconductor clients and initial public offerings from 2005 to 2007.  He holds a B.S. in Accounting from University College Cork, is an Irish Chartered Accountant, and a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive).

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

With respect to the roles of Chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the roles may be separated or combined, and our Board of Directors is able to exercise its discretion in combining or separating these positions as it de