Management Change/Compensation Form 8 K

Item 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 7, 2024, the Company appointed Brian P. Wong as a Director of the Company. Mr. Wong does not have any family relationship with any Director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company. There is no understanding or arrangement between Mr. Wong and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a Director of the Company. There are no transactions in which Mr. Wong has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Wong, an experienced technology CEO and executive, currently serves on the Boards of Directors of, or is an executive in, a number of companies, including the following: a) Board member of Terraline Trucks, Inc. headquartered in Fremont California, which is dedicated to building a revolutionary electric battery, long-haul (500+ miles), Class-8 heavy truck that supports any driver, human or autonomous; b) President of Zelos Energy, headquartered in San Leandro, California, where he is overseeing development of low cost, long life, and eco-friendly rechargeable Zinc Batteries addressing renewable energy storage applications and providing advice on strategy, scale-up, strategic partnering and fundraising; c) President of Moso4 Advisory, Inc. headquartered in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, through which he provides strategic advisory and consulting for technology companies and Venture Capital investors; d) Board member of Lemurian Labs headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and Chairman of its Audit and Compensation Committee. Lemurian is developing an ultra-low power, high performance AI software stack and new co-processor based on a proprietary log arithmetic, resulting in much higher efficiencies and lower latency for hyperscaler cloud and edge computing, and e) Managing Director of Pantek Securities headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Pantek Securities is an investment banking firm focused on energy, deep technology and hard technology sectors. Pantek Securities provides private placement, Merger and Acquisition services and Mr. Wong is FINRA Registered (CDR # 7630684).

In addition to the above cited positions, Mr. Wong has served as a Director on numerous for profit and Not-for-profit Boards since 1995. He received a BSEE (with honors) in 1983 from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MSEE in Electro-Physics in 1986 from the University of Southern California and in 1992 completed the Graduate Management Program (LEAP) at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. During his career he has participated in various Professional Societies and Activities, authored a technical textbook and other publications and received a number of awards including a data timing and recovery patent.

Mr. Wong will receive $7,200.00 per calendar quarter, to serve as a Director of the Company (pro rated for service that is less than a full calendar quarter), plus the grant of a non-qualified option to purchase 48,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company that will vest on the last business day of September, 2025, and be exercisable, subject to certain conditions, to October 1, 2029.

Attached as Exhibit 10.1 is a copy of Mr. Wong's Board of Director Agreement with the Company.