David E. Weigand
Summary
David E. Weigand has been Super Micro’s Chief Financial Officer since February 2021 and previously served as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer beginning in May 2018.
Biography
Weigand is a finance, tax, accounting, and compliance executive with experience in the semiconductor and enterprise-technology industries. Before joining Super Micro, he was a Vice President at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from November 2016 to April 2018 and Vice President of Tax at Silicon Graphics International until its acquisition by HPE. Earlier in his career, Weigand served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Renesas Electronics America and as Vice President and Controller of NEC Electronics America. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from San Jose State University and a master’s degree in taxation from the University of Hartford. He is a California-licensed CPA whose license is inactive, and he has continued to sign Super Micro’s principal-financial-officer certifications in recent SEC filings.
Notable achievements
- Joined Super Micro as a senior compliance executive in 2018 and became Chief Financial Officer in February 2021.
- Brought prior finance and tax leadership experience from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Silicon Graphics International, Renesas Electronics America, and NEC Electronics America.
- Helped oversee financial reporting during Super Micro’s rapid expansion into AI and data-center infrastructure.
- Continued serving as CFO during the company’s transition to BDO as independent auditor and its effort to bring delayed SEC filings current.
- Remained the company’s CFO after the 2024 special-committee review while the board considered whether to appoint a successor.
Problem areas / controversies
- During Weigand’s tenure as CFO, Super Micro delayed its fiscal 2024 annual report and disclosed material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.
- Ernst & Young resigned as Super Micro’s auditor in October 2024 after citing concerns that included transparency, internal controls, and the reliability of management and audit-committee representations.
- The company’s 2025 annual report said material weaknesses remained as of June 30, 2025, including issues involving information-technology controls, segregation of duties, financial-reporting data, and related-party disclosures.
- Super Micro’s independent special committee said it found no evidence of fraud or misconduct by leadership, and no public filing identifies Weigand personally as having violated securities laws.