Lightwave Logic Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Lightwave Logic's CEO is Yves LeMaitre, appointed in Dec 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.051% of the company’s shares, worth $132.14K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.1 years and 5.2 years respectively.

Key information

Yves LeMaitre

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.05%
Management average tenure	less than a year
Board average tenure	5.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

We're Hopeful That Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Nov 14

Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Lightwave Logic's (NASDAQ:LWLG) Cash Burn Situation

May 31

Lightwave Logic: Retail Investor Interest Seems To Be Fading And Being Short Looks Appealing

Feb 08

We're Not Very Worried About Lightwave Logic's (NASDAQ:LWLG) Cash Burn Rate

Jan 13

We're Hopeful That Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Sep 30

CEO

Yves LeMaitre (60 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. Yves LeMaitre serves as the Chief Executive Officer since December 10, 2024 and serves as a Director of Lightwave Logic, Inc. from August 1, 2024. Mr. LeMaitre was the Chief Strategy Officer of Lumentu...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
James Marcelli	COO, CFO	12.7yrs	US$1.11m	0.24% $ 608.5k
Yves LeMaitre	CEO & Director	less than a year	no data	0.051% $ 132.1k
Thomas Zelibor	President	less than a year	US$496.04k	0.17% $ 434.5k
David Eaton	Senior Technology Advisor	no data	US$132.25k	no data

0.08yrs

Average Tenure

72.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: LWLG's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
James Marcelli	COO, CFO	16.4yrs	US$1.11m	0.24% $ 608.5k
Yves LeMaitre	CEO & Director	less than a year	no data	0.051% $ 132.1k
Frederick Leonberger	Independent Director	7.8yrs	US$863.60k	0.24% $ 622.4k
Joseph Miller	Member of Advisory Board	3yrs	no data	no data
Thomas Connelly	Director	less than a year	no data	0.0094% $ 24.1k
Siraj El-Ahmadi	Independent Director	11.3yrs	US$814.80k	0.058% $ 149.9k
Ronald Bucchi	Non-Executive Independent Chairman	12.6yrs	US$870.11k	0.088% $ 227.4k
Laila Partridge	Independent Director	1.4yrs	US$277.11k	0.019% $ 49.3k
Andreas Umbach	Member of Advisory Board	5.8yrs	no data	no data
Craig Ciesla	Independent Director	3yrs	US$554.24k	0.034% $ 87.3k
Franky So	Member of the Advisory Board	4.5yrs	no data	no data
Christoph Harder	Member of Advisory Board	5.8yrs	no data	no data

5.2yrs

Average Tenure

69yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: LWLG's board of directors are considered experienced (5.2 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/02 01:13
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Lightwave Logic, Inc. is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Dan Trang	Stonegate Capital Markets, Inc.

Lightwave Logic Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Director Frederick Leonberger to Retire from Board of Directors and Transition to Company's Advisory Board

Independent Director exercised options to buy US$205k worth of stock.

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Appoints James S Marcelli as Chief Financial Officer

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Appoints James S Marcelli as Chief Financial Officer

High number of new directors

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

Recent updates

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Director Frederick Leonberger to Retire from Board of Directors and Transition to Company's Advisory Board

Independent Director exercised options to buy US$205k worth of stock.

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Appoints James S Marcelli as Chief Financial Officer

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Appoints James S Marcelli as Chief Financial Officer

High number of new directors

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

We're Hopeful That Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Appoints Thomas Connelly, Jr. to Board of Directors

Lightwave Logic, Inc. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $6.358348 million.

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Appointment of Yves LeMaitre to Board of Directors, Effective August 1, 2024

New minor risk - Share price stability

Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Lightwave Logic's (NASDAQ:LWLG) Cash Burn Situation

Lightwave Logic: Commercialization Accelerates, But Profitability Is Far Away

Lightwave Logic Demonstrates World-Class 200Gbps Heterogeneous Polymer/Silicon Photonic Modulator Results

Lightwave Logic, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 22, 2024

New minor risk - Share price stability

Lightwave Logic: Product Commercialization Progress Seems Slow

Lead Independent Director notifies of intention to sell stock

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Elects Laila Partridge as Class III Member of the Board, Effective August 1, 2023

Independent Director notifies of intention to sell stock

Lead Independent Director exercised options and sold US$203k worth of stock

President notifies of intention to sell stock

Independent Director exercised options and sold US$196k worth of stock

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NasdaqCM:LWLG) acquired Polymer Technology and Intellectual Property Assets from Chromosol Limited.

Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) Is In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans

Lightwave Logic Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for New Hybrid Photonics to Enable Improved Modulator Fabrication in High-Volume Foundry Manufacturing

Lightwave Logic and Polariton Technologies Announce World-Record Performance for 250 GHz Optical Link

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Board Changes, Effective on October 1, 2022

Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) Is In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans

Lightwave Logic GAAP EPS of -$0.03

Lightwave Logic Announces Publication of U.S. Patent Application for Breakthrough Chip Scale Packaging Technique to Enable Foundry-Level Packaging of Polymer Modulators

Lightwave Logic Announces Publication of U.S. Patent Application for Novel Hybrid Silicon Photonics Polymer Modulator Fabrication Process

Lightwave Logic Isn't Getting Close To Commercialization And I'm Still Bearish

Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) Is In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans

Lightwave Logic Announces Publication of U.S. Patent Application for New Hybrid Photonics to Enable Improved Modulator Fabrication in High-Volume Foundry Manufacturing

Lightwave Logic, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 26, 2022

Lightwave Logic, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 26, 2022

Lightwave Logic Announces Breakthrough Photostability for Use in Ultra-High-Speed Electro-Optic Polymers

High number of new directors

Lightwave Logic: Retail Investor Interest Seems To Be Fading And Being Short Looks Appealing

Independent Director recently sold US$363k worth of stock

We're Not Very Worried About Lightwave Logic's (NASDAQ:LWLG) Cash Burn Rate

Lightwave Logic Enhances Foundry Process Development Kit Offering with Addition of Optical Grating Couplers

Lightwave Logic Announces Publication of Materials Chemistry Patent Application to Significantly Improve Polymer Performance

Independent Director exercised options and sold US$2.4m worth of stock

Independent Non-Executive Chairman notifies of intention to sell stock

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently sold US$1.7m worth of stock

Independent Non-Executive Chairman exercised options and sold US$3.1m worth of stock

We're Hopeful That Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Lightwave Logic Announces Breakthrough Thermal Design for Use in Ultra-High-Speed Polymers

Lightwave Logic Announces Receipt of U.S. Patent on Device Design Enabling Mass-Volume Manufacturing

Lightwave Logic Announces Breakthrough Test Results from New Super-Fast Optical Modulator

Lightwave Logic Announces Inclusion in the Solactive Epic Core Photonics EUR Index

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Breakthrough in Path Towards Future Chip-On-Board Packaged Polymer Platform

Lightwave Logic, Inc. Announces Its Proprietary Polymer Technology Compatible with Standard Integrated Photonics Platforms

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