Walter Michael Gough serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Gough has led Gough and Associates, a firm that specializes in financial consulting for domestic and international companies since 2005. He is also a tenured faculty member in Accounting and Business at DeAnza College in Cupertino, California where he has taught since 1985. From June 2000 to June 2004, he was Chief Financial Officer and Financial Consultant at NuTool Inc., a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. From 1995 through 1999, he was a founding member and Chief Financial Officer of Invest In Yourself, LLC; an organization that provided consulting for professional sports franchises. Prior to teaching and consulting, Mr. Gough was a financial analyst and contracts manager at Watkins-Johnson Company, a high technology electronics firm. Before Watkins-Johnson, Mr. Gough worked for Kidder Peabody, an investment banking firm. He holds MBA and BA degrees (cum laude) from Santa Clara University, and a Masters in English from Notre Dame de Namur University.
Walter Gough is 65, he's been the Independent Director of Semileds Corp since 2016. There are 2 older and 4 younger executives at Semileds Corp. The oldest executive at Semileds Corp is Scott Simplot, 73, who is the Independent Director.
Walter's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O SEMILEDS CORPORATION, 3F, NO.11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, MIAO-LI COUNTY, F5, 00000.
Over the last 14 years, insiders at Semileds Corp have traded over $500,969 worth of Semileds Corp stock and bought 1,032,000 units worth $3,033,600 . The most active insiders traders include Anh Chuong Tran, Scott R. Simplot e Simplot Co J.R.. On average, Semileds Corp executives and independent directors trade stock every 248 days with the average trade being worth of $184,225. The most recent stock trade was executed by Hsin Liang Christopher Lee on 9 February 2021, trading 11,500 units of LEDS stock currently worth $57,500.
semileds since its establishment in the us in 2005, semileds has asserted itself as a groundbreaker in the led industry. this is due to a commitment to innovation and the development of the game-changing vertical led chip on metal alloy substrate. today, semileds offer a wide range of ultra-high power led chips and packages and has enjoyed notable success in the uv led market. the company was awarded with the world economic forum’s prestigious ‘2009 technology pioneer award’. semileds' proprietary technology and process outshines the competition because of two unique advantages: 1. copper alloy base- giving thermal conductivity of 400 w/m-k. 2. vertical structure- providing perfect lambertian pattern as a nasdaq listed american company with a strong presence in asia (state-of-the-art rd and manufacturing facilities in both china and taiwan), semileds is well placed to respond to the demands of the global led market.
Semileds Corp executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: