J. BRUCE ROBINSON

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2014-03-18 J. Bruce Robinson, 71, has served as a director since 2013. Mr. Robinson has been a consultant to Zygo Corporation since January 2010. He was Chief Executive Officer of Zygo from 1999 to 2010 and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2000 to 2009. Mr. Robinson served as a member of the Board of Directors of Zygo, a publicly held company (ZIGO), from 2000 to 2010. The Board has three standing committees: The Compensation/Stock Option Committee, the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The following table provides current committee membership information for each of the Board committees: J. Bruce Robinson is a member of the Compensation/Stock Option Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Director Compensation Table shows his total compensation as $339,475.
2015-03-06 J. Bruce Robinson, 72, has served as a director since 2013. Mr. Robinson was a consultant to Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments, precision optics, and electro-optical design and manufacturing services, from 2010 to 2014. He was Chief Executive Officer of Zygo from 1999 to 2010 and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2000 to 2009. Previously, he spent 25 years with The Foxboro Company. Mr. Robinson served as a member of the Board of Directors of Zygo, a publicly held company (ZIGO), from 2000 to 2010. Mr. Robinson holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada. We believe Mr. Robinson 27s qualifications to sit on our Board of Directors include his executive experience and his expertise in the high-technology industry. The following table sets forth the compensation earned by or awarded to each Director who served on our Board of Directors in 2014, other than Dr. Shillman and Mr. Willett. Details of Dr. Shillman 27s and Mr. Willett 27s compensation are set forth under the heading 3Executive Compensation 2D 3Summary Compensation Table. 4
2016-03-16 J. Bruce Robinson, 73, has served as a director since 2013. He serves on the Compensation/Stock Option Committee.
2017-03-15 J. Bruce Robinson, 74, has served as a director since 2013. Mr. Robinson is the former Chief Executive Officer (from 1999 to 2010) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (from 2000 to 2009) of then publicly held company Zygo Corporation... The following table provides current committee membership information for each of the Board committees: J. Bruce Robinson Compensation/Stock Option Committee Member, Audit Committee Member. Director Compensation Table shows total compensation $209,263.
2018-03-14 J. Bruce Robinson served on the Board until February 23, 2018. Director Compensation Table—2017: J. Bruce Robinson total compensation $432,023. Compensation/Stock Option Committee Member, Audit Committee Member.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-12-06