GARY L. LARSON joined the Company in April 1991 as Chief Financial Officer and was elected Vice President of Finance in February 1992.  From 1986 to 1990, he served as Chief Financial Officer, and from 1988 to 1990 also as President and Chief Operating Officer, of Nanometrics Incorporated, a manufacturer of measurement and inspection equipment for the semiconductor industry.  Mr. Larson received a B.S. in Mathematics/Finance from Harvey Mudd College.

CARL N. BUCK joined the Company as a Product Marketing Manager in 1983 and held various positions until he was elected Vice President of Engineering in November 1992, Vice President of Research and Development Engineering in November 1996, and Vice President of Marketing in September 1997.  From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Buck served as Product Marketing Manager at Intel Corporation, an integrated circuit and microprocessor company.  Mr. Buck received a B.S.E.E. from Princeton University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

DAVID S. HENDRICKSON joined the Company as Vice President of Engineering in October 2000.  Mr. Hendrickson spent five years at Acuson Medical, most recently as Platform General Manager, and five years as Director of Engineering at Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) manufacturer Megatest Corporation. At Megatest (now part of Teradyne Inc.), Mr. Hendrickson managed hardware and software development for next generation ATE products and improved the time to market significantly over previous generation developments.  Mr. Hendrickson holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology.

GREGORY M. PERKINS joined the Company as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service in June 2004. Mr. Perkins spent 2 years at Electroglas Corporation, as Vice President of North American Customer Operations, and later as Vice President of North American and European Sales. Before that, Mr. Perkins was Vice President of Sales at Advantest America, Inc. and Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations for LTX Corporation, both semiconductor tester companies. Mr. Perkins also held various management positions at General Electric Company over nearly 20 years. Mr. Perkins holds a BS degree in Environmental Health Technologies from Quinnipiac University.

KUNIO SANO joined the Company as Vice President, Aehr Test Systems Japan K.K., the Company’s subsidiary in Japan, in June 1998 and was elected President, Aehr Test Systems Japan K.K. in January 2001.  From 1991 to 1998, he served as Manager of the Development Engineering Department at Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Limited, a leading worldwide semiconductor equipment manufacturer.  Mr. Sano received a B.S.E.E. from Sagami Institute of Technology in Kanagawa, Japan.

ROBERT R. ANDERSON was appointed  to the Company's Board of Directors in November 2000.  Mr. Anderson co-founded KLA Instruments Corporation, now KLA-Tencor Corporation, in 1975 and served in various capacities including chief operating officer, chief financial officer, vice chairman, and chairman before retiring in 1994.  Currently, Mr. Anderson serves as a director at four other semiconductor equipment manufacturers: Applied Science and Technology, Inc., Metron Technology N.V., Trikon Technologies, Inc., and Boxer Cross Inc.  Mr. Anderson has also served as chief executive officer and chairman for Silicon Valley Research Inc. and for Yield Dynamics, Inc. Mr. Anderson also serves as a director for two additional development stage companies and is a trustee of Bentley College.

WILLIAM W. R. ELDER has been a director of the Company since 1989.  Dr. Elder was the Chief Executive Officer of Genus, Inc. (“Genus”), a semiconductor company, from his founding of Genus in 1981 to September 1996, and has been serving in that same position again since April 1998.  Dr. Elder has been a director of Genus since its inception.  Dr. Elder holds a B.S.I.E. and an honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Paisley in Scotland.

MARIO M. ROSATI has been a director of the Company since 1977.  He is a member of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation which he joined in 1971.  Mr. Rosati is a graduate of Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley.  Mr. Rosati is a director of Genus, Inc., Sanmina Corporation, Ross Systems, Inc., MyPoints.com, Symyx Technologies, Inc., The Management Network Group, Inc., and Vivus, as well as several privately-held companies.