One Stop Systems (OSS) Appoints Technology and Defense Industry Executive, Mitchell H. Herbets, to Board of Directors

One Stop Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSS), a leader in rugged high performance compute (HPC) for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and sensor processing at the edge, has appointed Mitchell H. Herbets as a member of its board of directors.

Concurrent with the appointment, OSS’ board of directors adopted a resolution to temporarily increase the size of the board from eight members to nine members, effective immediately, and to subsequently decrease the size of the board down to seven members, effective as of the company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. Herbets’ appointment completes the nine-person board.

“Mitch brings extensive strategic and technical experience as an executive serving the technology and defense industries, which is highly complementary to our corporate mission and focus,” stated OSS chairman, Ken Potashner. “We look forward to his guidance and advice as we increasingly engage with new military opportunities.”

Mitchell H. Herbets Bio
Herbets currently serves as non-executive chairman of Thales Defense and Security, a global technology company that provides advanced technology equipment to the U.S. defense and federal technology markets.

His current chairman positions also include:

• Safran Federal Systems (formerly Orolia Defense & Security), a provider of resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to federal agencies, defense organizations and contractors.
• Photonis Defense, provider of advanced products in the fields of broad bandwidth, high power microwave amplifiers and cutting-edge night and digital vision technologies to U.S. and allied governments.
• iDirect Government, a provider of tactical satellite communications systems to U.S. Primes for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

Herbets previously served on the board of Wireless Telecom Group (WTT), a NYSE American-listed provider of infrastructure for cellular systems, LTE and 5G waveforms, and telecommunications test equipment company before it was acquired by Maury Microwave earlier this year.

He earlier served as president and CEO of Thales Communications (now Thales Defense and Security), a global leader in tactical radio technology. During his tenure, the company achieved average revenue growth of more than 30% and delivered an average EBIT of more than 20%.

Prior to being appointed a president and CEO of Thales, he served in a number of senior executive positions at the company, including leadership roles in program management, engineering, and business development. Before Thales, he served four years in U.S. Army with the final rank of captain.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University, where he currently serves as a member of the advisory councils of Lehigh University’s Engineering College and its Electrical & Computer Engineering Department. He earned his MBA from George Washington University.

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