Board Committees

Kimberly Briskey joined the Company’s board of directors in June 2024. Ms. Briskey has more than 15 years of experience in strategic business and financial operations and is the Brand CFO of Eddie Bauer at SPARC Group LLC, where she leads a finance and accounting team managing an $800M multichannel business. She has expertise in financial planning, long-range budgeting, and operational oversight. Previously, she served as Sr. Director of DTC Finance and Company Planning at SPARC Group. Her extensive experience includes senior roles at Lucky Brand, Beyond Yoga, J Brand, and GUESS? INC., driving financial efficiencies and profitability across various retail and e-commerce channels. Ms. Briskey holds a Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Marketing from Arizona State University and a Professional Designation in Product Development from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

Christopher R. Hardt's global financial and executive leadership career includes senior positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), serving as Chief Financial Officer of Abri Capital, and holding board positions at NYIAX and Collective Audience. Throughout his career, he has advised Fortune 100 companies, private equity-backed businesses and multinational organizations on financial reporting, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance and international expansion. During his career at PwC, Hardt held senior leadership positions across the United States, Europe and Asia. As a partner in PwC’s National Office in New York, he led Consumer Markets SEC Services, advising companies on SEC filings and regulatory matters. He also served as a partner in PwC’s Japanese member firm in Tokyo, where he led global client relationships across media, technology, banking and insurance and served on the firm’s leadership team. Hardt has advised multinational corporations on cross-border transactions and financial transformation, overseen financial due diligence, and advised boards, audit committees, CEOs and CFOs on enterprise risk management, financial reporting, IPO readiness and corporate governance. Hardt is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University. He has completed executive education programs at INSEAD, IMD and Duke University, and has also served on the Furman University President’s Advisory Board and the Georgia Institute of Technology Parents Board.

Peruvemba is CEO of Marketer International Inc., a marketing services firm specializing in the global high-tech industry. Peruvemba was previously Chief Marketing Officer for E Ink Holdings, where he played a major role in transforming the startup to a $1 plus billion global ePaper company. With over 30 years of experience in the technology industry, Peruvemba has been an influential advocate in the advancement of electronic hardware technologies. He is an acknowledged expert on sensors, electronic displays, haptics, touch screens, electronic materials and related technologies; and consults, writes, and presents on those subjects globally. Peruvemba has also held senior level positions at Sharp Corp, Cambrios, Novasentis, TFS Inc. and Planar Systems. Based in Silicon Valley, Peruvemba advises high tech firms in the U.S., Canada, and Europe as well as serves on the boards of Visionect, Omniply and The Society for Information Display (SID). Peruvemba has BS from R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore; an MBA from Barton School of Business, WSU; and a post-graduate diploma in management from Indira Gandhi National University.

Peruvemba is CEO of Marketer International Inc., a marketing services firm specializing in the global high-tech industry. Peruvemba was previously Chief Marketing Officer for E Ink Holdings, where he played a major role in transforming the startup to a $1 plus billion global ePaper company. With over 30 years of experience in the technology industry, Peruvemba has been an influential advocate in the advancement of electronic hardware technologies. He is an acknowledged expert on sensors, electronic displays, haptics, touch screens, electronic materials and related technologies; and consults, writes, and presents on those subjects globally. Peruvemba has also held senior level positions at Sharp Corp, Cambrios, Novasentis, TFS Inc. and Planar Systems. Based in Silicon Valley, Peruvemba advises high tech firms in the U.S., Canada, and Europe as well as serves on the boards of Visionect, Omniply and The Society for Information Display (SID). Peruvemba has BS from R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore; an MBA from Barton School of Business, WSU; and a post-graduate diploma in management from Indira Gandhi National University.

Dr. Gilbert has been a member of the Company's board of directors since April 2015. Dr. Gilbert has been working in the Research and Machine Intelligence and Project Loon teams at Google, Inc. since March 2014, and from January 2014 to March 2014, Dr. Gilbert worked for Transformational Technology Insights LLC, a consulting company, where he served as the sole principal. Previously, from May 2011 to December 2013, Dr. Gilbert was chief technology officer of Silicon Image, Inc., a leading provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions. Dr. Gilbert was responsible for Silicon Image Inc.'s technology vision, advanced technology, and standards initiatives. Prior to joining Silicon Image Inc., Dr. Gilbert was chief technical officer of SiBEAM Inc., a fabless semiconductor company pioneering the development of intelligent millimeter wave silicon solutions for wireless communications, from May 2005 to May 2011. Before SiBEAM Inc., Dr. Gilbert served as director of algorithms and architecture and other engineering and management positions at Atheros Communications, a semiconductor developer, from May 2000 to May 2005, where he led the development of that company's 802.11n, 802.11g, eXtended Range (XR), and Smart Antenna technologies. Dr. Gilbert received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley, an M.Phil. in Computer Speech and Language Processing from Cambridge University, and a B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard College.

Dr. Gilbert has been a member of the Company's board of directors since April 2015. Dr. Gilbert has been working in the Research and Machine Intelligence and Project Loon teams at Google, Inc. since March 2014, and from January 2014 to March 2014, Dr. Gilbert worked for Transformational Technology Insights LLC, a consulting company, where he served as the sole principal. Previously, from May 2011 to December 2013, Dr. Gilbert was chief technology officer of Silicon Image, Inc., a leading provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions. Dr. Gilbert was responsible for Silicon Image Inc.'s technology vision, advanced technology, and standards initiatives. Prior to joining Silicon Image Inc., Dr. Gilbert was chief technical officer of SiBEAM Inc., a fabless semiconductor company pioneering the development of intelligent millimeter wave silicon solutions for wireless communications, from May 2005 to May 2011. Before SiBEAM Inc., Dr. Gilbert served as director of algorithms and architecture and other engineering and management positions at Atheros Communications, a semiconductor developer, from May 2000 to May 2005, where he led the development of that company's 802.11n, 802.11g, eXtended Range (XR), and Smart Antenna technologies. Dr. Gilbert received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley, an M.Phil. in Computer Speech and Language Processing from Cambridge University, and a B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard College.

Christopher R. Hardt's global financial and executive leadership career includes senior positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), serving as Chief Financial Officer of Abri Capital, and holding board positions at NYIAX and Collective Audience. Throughout his career, he has advised Fortune 100 companies, private equity-backed businesses and multinational organizations on financial reporting, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance and international expansion. During his career at PwC, Hardt held senior leadership positions across the United States, Europe and Asia. As a partner in PwC’s National Office in New York, he led Consumer Markets SEC Services, advising companies on SEC filings and regulatory matters. He also served as a partner in PwC’s Japanese member firm in Tokyo, where he led global client relationships across media, technology, banking and insurance and served on the firm’s leadership team. Hardt has advised multinational corporations on cross-border transactions and financial transformation, overseen financial due diligence, and advised boards, audit committees, CEOs and CFOs on enterprise risk management, financial reporting, IPO readiness and corporate governance. Hardt is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University. He has completed executive education programs at INSEAD, IMD and Duke University, and has also served on the Furman University President’s Advisory Board and the Georgia Institute of Technology Parents Board.