August 8, 2019

GigCapital, Inc. Announces Appointment of Brad Weightman to Chief Financial Officer

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GigCapital, Inc., (NYSE: GIG, GIG.U, GIG.RT, and GIG.WS) (“GigCapital”) a Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Private-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ corporation, today announced that Brad Weightman has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective August 12, 2019. Mr. Weightman replaces Ms. Tara McDonough who is departing the company at her personal choice to pursue other interests.

“We would like to profoundly thank Tara for her outstanding performance as the CFO of the company for the last year and wish her much success and joy on all her future endeavors. We are welcoming with delight Brad as our new CFO, who brings to us an exceptional wealth of experience and lengthy tenure in the public market,” said Dr. Avi Katz, Founder, Chairman and CEO of GigCapital, Inc.

Mr. Weightman has more than 25 years of global finance and accounting experience with a combination of large, mid-sized, and small public and private companies in the Semiconductor, IoT, hardware, and software industries. Most recently, Mr. Weightman was Senior Business Controller at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) (NASDAQ IDTI), providing strategic and financial support for the General Manager and the division, prior to IDT being acquired by Renesas Electronics Corp. Previously, Mr. Weightman was Corporate Controller at GigPeak Inc. (NYSE GIG), formerly GigOptix, prior to GigPeak being acquired by IDT. Additionally, Brad has held various finance and accounting positions at Echelon Corporation, an early developer of the IoT market, supporting company growth from early stages to a mid-sized public company, as well as large corporations such as AMD and Xerox. Mr. Weightman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from San Jose State University, and is a Certified Public Accountant in California (inactive).