Mr. Olson has served on our Board since August 2021 and as a member of the Legacy Rocket Lab board since June 2021 (references to Legacy Rocket Lab mean Rocket Lab USA, Inc. prior to its merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation on August 25, 2021). Mr. Olson chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Olson served as Chief Financial Officer of Xilinx, Inc., a provider of programmable semiconductor platforms, from June 2005 until his retirement in July 2016. While serving as Chief Financial Officer, he also held a variety of other senior management positions at Xilinx, including most recently as Executive Vice President from May 2014 to July 2016, Senior Vice President of Finance from August 2006 to May 2014 and Vice President of Finance from June 2005 to August 2006. Prior to joining Xilinx, he served at Intel Corporation from 1979 to 2005 in various senior financial positions, including Vice President of Finance and Enterprise Services and Director of Finance. Mr. Olson holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Indiana University. In addition to Rocket Lab, Mr. Olson currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., and previously served as a member of the boards of directors of Xilinx, Inc, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. and InvenSense, Inc., among others. We believe that Mr. Olson is qualified to serve on our Board due to his financial expertise, including his experience as chief financial officer of a public company, and his extensive experience advising technology companies as both a director and executive.