Velodyne Lidar, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ernest E. Maddock to the Board, effective January 13, 2022. Mr. Maddock has been appointed as a Class III director and a member of the Board's Audit Committee. Mr. Maddock is an operations, technology and corporate finance executive with over 35 years of leadership experience, including 10 as a public company CFO.

From 2015-2018, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Micron Technology. Mr. Maddock has extensive board experience, having chaired the audit committee of two public companies. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Ultra Clean Holdings Inc. and Avnet, Inc.