Company: VUZI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040266
Chunk: 13

Company: Vuzix Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 interests of all of our stakeholders.

|                           |      P. 
 Travers |      G. 
 Russell |  E. 
 Kay |     T. 
 Harned |             P. 
 Whitten-Doolin |
| Independent               |         |         |   ✓ |      ✓ |              ✓ |
| Senior                    
 Leadership Experience (1) |       ✓ |       ✓ |   ✓ |      ✓ |              ✓ |
| Industry                  
 Experience (2)            |       ✓ |       ✓ |     |      ✓ |              ✓ |
| Board                     
 Experience (3)            |         |         |   ✓ |        |                |
| Financial                 
 Expertise (4)             |         |       ✓ |   ✓ |      ✓ |                |
| Age                       |      63 |      72 |  69 |     59 |             46 |
| Tenure                    
 (years)                   |      26 |      15 |   8 |      7 |              1 |

Notes:

| 1. | Senior Leadership Experience – experience as president, CEO or in similar senior executive positions |

| 2. | Industry Experience – experience in the technology sector, including software and hardware |

| 3. | Board Experience – prior or concurrent service on other U.S. public company boards |

| 4. | Financial Expertise – expertise in accounting, auditing, tax, banking, insurance or investments |

The names of current directors and director nominees, their ages as of April 21, 2025, and certain information about them, including their business experience during the past five years and their directorships of other publicly-held corporations, are set forth below. 11 Background of Current Directors and Director Nominees

| Paul Travers, age 63, is a co-founder of Vuzix and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 1997 and as a member of our Board of Directors since November 1997. Prior to the formation of Vuzix, Mr. Travers founded both e-Tek Labs, Inc. and Forte Technologies Inc. He has been a driving force behind the development of our products. With more than 30 years’ experience in the consumer electronics field, and 26 years’ experience in the virtual reality and virtual display fields, he is a nationally recognized industry expert. He holds an associate degree in engineering science from Canton, ATC and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Clarkson University. Mr. Travers