On January 14, 2019, EMCORE Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Mark A. Gordon to serve as its Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, effective immediately. Since May 2012, Mr. Gordon, age 56, has served as the Company’s Director of Accounting, responsible for SEC reporting, Tax Compliance, Equity Administration and SOX compliance. Mr. Gordon has over 25 years of Accounting and SEC reporting experience with companies such as Pacific Enterprises, Avanex and Star Telecommunications, and with the public accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC).