Nocera, Inc. announced the position of chief executive officer was vacant as of July 8, 2023, which was due to the unexpected death of Yin-Chieh (Jeff) Cheng, the company’s former chief executive officer, President and Chairman of the Board. On July 13, 2023, the board appointed David Yu-Lung Kou as the Company’s acting chief executive officer, effective July 13, 2023. David Kou, age 53, served as an independent member of its Board of Directors from December 19, 2019 until his resignation on July 13, 2023.

Mr. Kou also served as the Chair and as the audit committee financial expert of the Company’s Audit Committee and as a member of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Kou is an executive with diversified experience in global business operations, product management, sales, marketing, and branding - including regional distribution and retail sales. He is experienced in (business) localization, product (roadmap) planning, business and operation establishment, restructuring and crisis recovery.

Mr. Kou has experience in turn-around situations to achieve positive cash flow, strategic business planning and execution and innovative product creation and launch planning. Mr. Kou is currently the Chief of Strategy and Planning for Wistron Corp. His former employment positions include General Manager of TP Vision from 2015-2018, Vice President – Branded Business Operations at TPV from 2015-2018, a Business Advisor/Consultant of HokangTek from 2014-2018, Business and Operations Advisor of Top Innovation from 2014-2018, and an Executive Director, Global Sales of HTC Corp.

from 2012-2014. He attended the University of Southern California earning an MSc. Electrical Engineering in 1991.