Frederick Wasserman

Frederick Wasserman joined the Board of Directors in August 2013. Mr. Wasserman is a seasoned executive who has 40 years of business experience helping to create shareholder value with a number of companies. Mr. Wasserman has been the President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for a number of companies, including Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Company where he was CFO and COO. He also served as President and CFO of Goebel of North America. Mr. Wasserman is currently, and has been since 2008, the President of FGW Partners LLC as well as the Chief Compliance Officer of Wynnefield Capital Inc., a stockholder of SMTC. He served on the Board of Directors for National Holdings Corporation from October 2013 to September 2016. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Tapimmune Inc., a position held since January 2016, MAM Software Group, Inc. and DLH Holdings Corp. each of which is a publicly traded company.