Mr. Singer has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2020, and has served as our Executive Chairman since August 2020. Since July 2019, Mr. Singer has served as a director of A10 Networks (ATEN), an application controller and firewall cloud security company, and has served as its lead independent director since September 2021. Mr. Singer is a founder and Managing Member of VIEX Capital Advisors, a securities investment firm. In addition to a long track record as a successful investor in technology companies, Mr. Singer has substantial experience serving on public boards and in assisting them in creating and expanding shareholder value. Mr. Singer previously served on the boards of directors of Quantum Corporation, a video data storage and management company, Numerex Corp., a provider of managed machine-to-machine enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things, RhythmOne plc and YuMe, Inc., each a provider of brand video advertising software and audience data, Support.com, Inc., a provider of tech support and support center services, Meru Networks, Inc., a Wi-Fi network solutions company, PLX Technology, Inc., a PCI Express and ethernet semiconductor company, and Sigma Designs, Inc., an integrated circuit provider for the home entertainment market, among other companies. Mr. Singer has a B.A. from Brandeis University.

Emily Hoffman is a strategic and experienced General Manager and Marketer having worked at several multinational companies, including Nestle, BlackRock, and Johnson & Johnson. Ms. Hoffman has served as the Director of Marketing, Nestle Health Science, since March 2017. Ms. Hoffman has a track record of driving financial, operational and strategic results across complex B2C and B2B portfolios in highly regulated industries in the U.S. and internationally.

William C. Martin joined Immersion’s board in August 2019 and has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since December 2021. Mr. Martin has extensive experience as a board member, investor, and entrepreneur. He has served on numerous public company boards, including nine years on the board of Bankrate, Inc., which was acquired in 2009; the board of Salary.com, Inc., which was acquired in 2010; and the board of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., which was acquired in 2015.

Fred has more than 25 years of experience in organizational development, executive leadership, and finance.  In 2020, Fred co-founded Energy Transition Capital (“ETC”), a renewable energy private equity firm where he serves as Partner and Chief Operating Officer.  Prior to ETC, Fred served as Managing Partner, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer of Raging Capital Management, LLC, a long/short equity hedge fund with peak AUM of over $900MM where he led the firm’s financial, operational, compliance, and organizational functions.  Fred currently supports the fund in its process of winding down.  Fred is active in the alternatives COO/CFO community and is a regular speaker at industry conferences and events.

Earlier in his career, Fred co-founded CallStreet, a corporate events calendar and transcript business, where he led fundraising efforts, built and maintained the company’s accounting, tax and audit controls, and spearheaded new business development opportunities.  The founders successfully sold the company in the mid-2000s to FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

Fred started his career in the venture capital group at Hambrecht & Quist, where he focused on companies in software, communications, and the Internet.  He was active in sourcing, evaluating, and executing on new investment opportunities and served on the board of several portfolio companies in the enterprise software and hardware industries.

Fred has a B.A. from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Mr. Nader has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of QuickLogic Corporation, a public company, since February 1, 2022.  Prior to that, Mr. Nader served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Pixelworks, Inc., a public company, from September 2019 to January 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Nader served as the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Designs, Inc. (“Sigma”) from January 2018 to September 2019, and as Sigma’s Chief Financial Officer from April 2014 to January 2022.  Mr. Nader holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and an MBA in International Business from San Jose State University.