Nancy Fares has served as a director of SkyWater Technology Foundry since January 2022 and as a strategic advisor and board member with Olarm, an application-based home security provider since July 2018. Ms. Fares previously served as vice president software product management at Qualcomm, Inc. from August 2016 to December 2018. Prior to joining Qualcomm, she held senior leadership positions at NXP Semiconductors N.V., Foravest, LLC, Micralyne Inc. and Texas Instruments Incorporated.

Ms. Fares holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas, a Master of Science degree in telecommunications from Southern Methodist University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

The board selected Ms. Fares to serve as a director because of her strategic roles with leading semiconductor companies, her strategic advisory and board member experience and her history of building shareholder value.

Mr. Graves has served as chief financial officer of Entegris, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries, since April 2007 and served as senior vice president, strategic planning and business development from 2002 to 2007. He has also served as a director of Laird Superfood since 2018. Prior to joining Entegris, Mr. Graves held positions in investment banking and corporate development, including at Piper Jaffray, RBC (Dain Rauscher) and The Pillsbury Company. From 2017 to 2019, he served as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Plug Power Inc. Mr. Graves has served on the board of directors of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation since 2016 and has been chairman of the audit and finance committee since 2019. Mr. Graves received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of accounting and taxation degree from the University of Alabama. He also received a Master of business administration degree from the University of Virginia.

John T. Kurtzweil has served as principal of Kurtzweil Consulting, LLC, providing consulting services in the area of capital formation and accountancy, since November 2014. Mr. Kurtzweil has served as a member of the board of directors of Axcelis Technologies, Inc., a semiconductor capital equipment company, since May 2015, and he currently chairs its audit committee. Mr. Kurtzweil previously served as a director of Akoustis Technologies, Inc., an integrated device manufacturer for mobile and other wireless applications, from January 2017 to July 2017, at which time he became the Chief Financial Officer until November From June 2015 to March 2017, Mr. Kurtzweil was Vice President of Finance of Cree, Inc., a provider of light emitting diode, lighting and semiconductor products, and Chief Financial Officer of its subsidiary, Wolfspeed, a Cree Company. From 2012 until 2014, Mr. Kurzweil served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Networks, Inc., a provider of open networking innovations. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Kurtzweil served as Executive Vice President, Finance and as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cree, Inc. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Kurtzweil was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cirrus Logic, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company.

Mr. Kurtzweil holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from Arizona State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, and is a licensed CPA and CMA.

The board selected Mr. Kurtzweil to serve as a director based on his semiconductor industry background, merger and acquisition experience, and 19 years as chief financial officer of publicly traded technology companies. Mr. Kurtzweil is an active member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Amy Leong has served as a director of SkyWater Technology Foundry since January 2022 and as senior vice president, chief marketing officer, mergers and acquisitions, and general manager of emerging growth business unit of FormFactor, Inc. since November 2017. Previously she served as senior vice president, marketing and customer solutions since October 2012 and as vice president, marketing for MicroProbe Inc. before its acquisition by FormFactor. Prior to MicroProbe, Ms. Leong worked in a variety of semiconductor process engineering and technologist roles at Gartner, KLA Corporation and IBM. She has served as an advisory board member of International Semiconductor Executive Summits since 2016 and as a director of Simple Steps Community Connection, a nonprofit organization supporting women leadership initiatives, since 2020.

Ms. Leong received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkley and a Master of Science degree in materials science and engineering from Stanford University.

The board selected Ms. Leong to serve as a director due to her strategic and leadership expertise in semiconductor process technology businesses as well as her mergers and acquisitions and advisory board experience.

Thomas R. Lujan has served as a director of SkyWater Technology Foundry since March 2017, as the Secretary of SkyWater Technology Foundry since July 2017, and as a manager of SkyWater Federal since September 2018. Mr. Lujan is the founder of Lujan Legal Counsel, LLC, where he has served as an attorney since June 2015. Mr. Lujan represents and advises various corporate entities in all areas of general business law. From 2001 until 2015, Mr. Lujan served as an attorney and founder of Lundquist & Lujan, PLLP, where he provided legal advice to companies in a general business law practice and served as a consultant to the DoD. From 1979 until 1998, Colonel (Ret.) Lujan served as a Judge Advocate Officer in the U.S. Army.

He has served on the boards of various private companies and charitable organizations.

Mr. Lujan graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and holds a Juris Doctor. from the University of Minnesota Law School.

The board selected Mr. Lujan to serve as a director because of his legal and governmental expertise, as well as his significant leadership experience.

Gary J. Obermiller has served as the chairman of the board of directors of SkyWater Technology Foundry since March 2017 and served as the interim chief executive officer of SkyWater Technology Foundry from March 2017 to October 2017. He is a co-founder and Operating Partner of Mill City Capital, a private equity firm investing in lower middle market companies, which position he has held since January 2016, after previously serving as Managing Director since January 2010. From 2004 until 2010, Mr. Obermiller was a Managing Director of Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, a private equity investment firm. Prior to 2004, Gary served with Deltak for 14 years in several senior management roles, including as President, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Global Power Equipment Group Inc., Deltaks eventual parent company, an international manufacturer of equipment for gas turbine power plants. Mr. Obermiller also held managerial positions in operations, sales, marketing and engineering with Graco, Inc. and Econo-Therm Energy Systems Corporation both domestic and internationally.

Mr. Obermiller currently serves as a board member at HN Precision, a specialized machining company, as a director for Kobuk Holdings (formerly ABP Induction), a German large electrical equipment supplier, and Acme Industries, a specialized machining company, and is a member of the Deans Advisory Board for the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, and a member of the University of St. Thomas Board of Governors for the School of Engineering.

Mr. Obermiller holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, and is a Licensed Professional Engineer (inactive).

The board selected Mr. Obermiller to serve as a director because of his investment and management experience.

Loren A. Unterseher has served on our board of managers and as our president since March 2017. He is the Managing Partner of Oxbow Industries, LLC, a holding company investing in middle-market private companies, which position he has held since 2004. Over his career, Mr. Unterseher has completed over $2.5 billion in corporate finance transactions. Prior to Oxbow, Mr. Unterseher was a Principal/Shareholder & Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for CraigHallum Capital Group LLC. Prior to Craig-Hallum, he was Director of Private Equity for Lazard Middle Market LLC (formerly known as Goldsmith, Agio, Helms & Lynner LLC). Mr. Unterseher started his investment banking career as a Vice-President in Mergers and Acquisitions at Royal Bank of Canada (formerly known as Dain Rauscher Incorporated). He began his professional career as an attorney and was a Partner at Stinson Leonard Street LLP (formerly known as Leonard, Street & Deinard), a major Minneapolis-based law firm.

Mr. Unterseher also has served since 2018 as a member of the board of directors, and chairs the audit committee, of Insignia Systems, Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer of signage and promotional media. Mr. Unterseher is currently Chairman of the Board of Inno-flex, LLC, a private company (a director since 2016), and serves on the boards of Town & Country Fence, LLC (since 2017), Ascent Solutions, LLC (since 2018) and FactRight LLC (since 2018), each of which is a private company. Mr. Unterseher has served on several other private company and not-for-profit boards of directors.

Mr. Unterseher holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Iowa and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota.

The board selected Mr. Unterseher to serve as a director because of his investment, mergers and acquisitions, and finance experience.

Thomas Sonderman joined SkyWater in 2017 as the lead executive, driving the company’s successful business transformation from an IDM to a pure play foundry. He has effectively diversified SkyWater’s customer base by defining new product markets and target customers while simultaneously improving operational efficiencies. Mr. Sonderman has leveraged SkyWater as the only U.S.-based and U.S.-owned semiconductor foundry to expand the company’s government business and to focus on reinstating a strong commercial manufacturing presence in the U.S. He has built a world class leadership team that inspires 500 employees to deliver process R&D innovation and operational excellence.

Mr. Sonderman’s extensive industry experience in all aspects of fab operations has delivered market leadership and increased shareholder value to high-technology industry leaders Rudolph Technologies, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and AMD. Notably, he played a critical role serving as part of an executive team at AMD that spun-off manufacturing operations to form GLOBALFOUNDRIES.

A widely recognized subject matter expert, Mr. Sonderman is the author of 47 patents and a highly sought-after industry speaker. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Missouri University of Science Technology and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from National Technological University.