Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036344
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
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 Dr. Chen served as the Chief Executive Officer of SilverPAC, Inc., a consumer electronics business. From 2011 to 2018, he served as the Asia Pacific Director for U.S. Flow Control Group Pte. Ltd., a petroleum equipment manufacturer and services company. From 2016 to 2023, he served as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Shandong SicerKline Advanced Material Co., Ltd., a surface-etched silicon carbide and alumina mini-whisker manufacturing plant for ceramic applications. Dr. Chen was previously employed by Exxon as a Senior Research Engineer in the Drilling and Completion Division and as a Senior Engineer at Transocean. Dr. Chen received a Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from Oregon State University and B.S. in Naval Architecture from National Ocean University. The Board believes that Dr. Chen is qualified to serve as a director based on his business management experience, his service on other private company boards of directors and his prior service on the board of a publicly held company. Directors Continuing in Office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Che-Wei Lin has served as a director on our Board since January 2014, and previously served as a director on our Board from December 2006 to October 2009. Since November 2007, Mr. Lin has served as the President of ASMedia Technology Inc., a chipset manufacturer. Since November 2009, Mr. Lin has also served as the 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Corporate Vice President of the Motherboard Business Unit of the Open Platform Business Group of ASUSTek Computer Inc., a computer hardware and electronics company. Mr. Lin was employed at VIA Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of integrated circuits and motherboard chipsets, from 1993 to 2007 in various positions, including President of the Desktop Platform Business Unit, Vice President of the System Platform Division and Vice President of OEM and Chipset Product Marketing. Mr. Lin received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Fu Jen University in Taiwan and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri. The Board believes that Mr. Lin is qualified to serve as a director based on his business and financial management and leadership experience and his years of service on our Board. Elizabeth Loboa, Ph.D. has served as the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Southern Methodist University since 2020. From 2018 to 2020, Dr. Loboa served the University of Missouri System and the University of Missouri as