{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"170486","rtpr_id":"nBw9X0Krda-20261015","ticker":"SMCI","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["SMCI"],"title":"Supermicro Appoints Mark Long as Chief Financial Officer","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-15T13:05:00.219Z","article_body":"Supermicro Appoints Mark Long as Chief Financial Officer\n\nSuper Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), an AI, Enterprise, Storage, and\n5G/Edge Total IT Solution Provider featuring Data Center Building Block\nSolutions® (DCBBS)\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.supermicro.com%2Fen%2Fsolutions%2Fdcbbs%3F_gl%3D1*tqud3k*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTI1MTI4OTk2Ni4xNzkxOTA0NjIy*_ga_K1TNNPLV4M*czE3OTE5MDc4MDYkbzIkZzEkdDE3OTE5MDc4MDgkajU4JGwwJGgxMzEwODg4MjAw&esheet=54622667&newsitemid=20261015198626&lan=en-US&anchor=Data+Center+Building+Block+Solutions%C2%AE+%28DCBBS%29&index=1&md5=e042eb91ba901bbc7a574d6ba491c972)\n, today announced the appointment of Mark Long as Senior Vice President and\nChief Financial Officer reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer\n(CEO) Charles Liang, effective immediately.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/)\n\nSupermicro Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mark Long\n\nMr. Long is a seasoned finance executive with decades of experience across the\ntechnology sector spanning corporate finance, strategy, mergers and\nacquisitions, and capital allocation. He previously served as Chief Financial\nOfficer and Chief Strategy Officer of Western Digital, where he led financial\nmanagement, investor relations and corporate strategy, and played a central\nrole in building a scaled, global data infrastructure leader. Mr. Long\npreviously served as co-founder and Partner of Prime Impact Capital, a\ntechnology-focused investment firm, was a Senior Vice President of Strategy\nand Corporate Development at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and, earlier\nin his career, held senior roles in investment banking focused on the\nsoftware, cloud infrastructure, and storage sectors.\n\n“We are pleased to welcome Mark to the Supermicro executive team and look\nforward to benefitting from his deep strategic expertise and proven\nleadership,” said Charles Liang, Founder, President, and CEO of Supermicro.\n“I’m confident Mark will have an immediate positive impact in\nstrengthening and accelerating our operational and financial execution as we\ncontinue to scale our business to capture the next wave of AI and IT\ninfrastructure growth.”\n\nLiang continued, “We are also grateful to David Weigand for his many years\nof service as CFO and for his support of an orderly transition.”\n\n“I am honored to join Supermicro as it continues to build on its leadership\nin AI and high-performance infrastructure,” said Mr. Long. “Charles has\nbuilt a remarkable company, and I look forward to partnering closely with him\nand the executive team to scale the business effectively and efficiently –\nstrengthening our financial foundation while supporting continued innovation,\ngrowth, and long-term value creation for shareholders.”\n\nThe company conducted an extensive search process to identify and secure an\nexceptional candidate with the necessary skills and experience. Mr. Long\nsucceeds David Weigand. David will assist in the transition and shift his\nfocus to helping optimize and accelerate the business.\n\nAbout Super Micro Computer, Inc.\n\nSupermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT\nSolutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is\ncommitted to delivering first-to-market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI,\nand 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Total IT Solutions manufacturer\nwith server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services.\nSupermicro's motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables\nour development and production, enabling next-generation innovation from cloud\nto edge for our global customers. Our products are designed and manufactured\nin-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global\noperations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce\nenvironmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server\nBuilding Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact\nworkload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built\nfrom our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive\nset of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and\ncooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).\n\nSupermicro, Server Building Block Solution, and We Keep IT Green are\ntrademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.\n\nAll other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective\nowners.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/)\n\nInvestor Contact: IR@supermicro.com (mailto:IR@supermicro.com)\n\nMedia Contact: PR@supermicro.com (mailto:PR@supermicro.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw9X0Krda-20261015","title":"Supermicro Appoints Mark Long as Chief Financial Officer","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"SMCI","created":"2026-10-15T13:05:00.219Z","tickers":["SMCI"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Supermicro Appoints Mark Long as Chief Financial Officer\n\nSuper Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), an AI, Enterprise, Storage, and\n5G/Edge Total IT Solution Provider featuring Data Center Building Block\nSolutions® (DCBBS)\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.supermicro.com%2Fen%2Fsolutions%2Fdcbbs%3F_gl%3D1*tqud3k*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTI1MTI4OTk2Ni4xNzkxOTA0NjIy*_ga_K1TNNPLV4M*czE3OTE5MDc4MDYkbzIkZzEkdDE3OTE5MDc4MDgkajU4JGwwJGgxMzEwODg4MjAw&esheet=54622667&newsitemid=20261015198626&lan=en-US&anchor=Data+Center+Building+Block+Solutions%C2%AE+%28DCBBS%29&index=1&md5=e042eb91ba901bbc7a574d6ba491c972)\n, today announced the appointment of Mark Long as Senior Vice President and\nChief Financial Officer reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer\n(CEO) Charles Liang, effective immediately.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/)\n\nSupermicro Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mark Long\n\nMr. Long is a seasoned finance executive with decades of experience across the\ntechnology sector spanning corporate finance, strategy, mergers and\nacquisitions, and capital allocation. He previously served as Chief Financial\nOfficer and Chief Strategy Officer of Western Digital, where he led financial\nmanagement, investor relations and corporate strategy, and played a central\nrole in building a scaled, global data infrastructure leader. Mr. Long\npreviously served as co-founder and Partner of Prime Impact Capital, a\ntechnology-focused investment firm, was a Senior Vice President of Strategy\nand Corporate Development at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and, earlier\nin his career, held senior roles in investment banking focused on the\nsoftware, cloud infrastructure, and storage sectors.\n\n“We are pleased to welcome Mark to the Supermicro executive team and look\nforward to benefitting from his deep strategic expertise and proven\nleadership,” said Charles Liang, Founder, President, and CEO of Supermicro.\n“I’m confident Mark will have an immediate positive impact in\nstrengthening and accelerating our operational and financial execution as we\ncontinue to scale our business to capture the next wave of AI and IT\ninfrastructure growth.”\n\nLiang continued, “We are also grateful to David Weigand for his many years\nof service as CFO and for his support of an orderly transition.”\n\n“I am honored to join Supermicro as it continues to build on its leadership\nin AI and high-performance infrastructure,” said Mr. Long. “Charles has\nbuilt a remarkable company, and I look forward to partnering closely with him\nand the executive team to scale the business effectively and efficiently –\nstrengthening our financial foundation while supporting continued innovation,\ngrowth, and long-term value creation for shareholders.”\n\nThe company conducted an extensive search process to identify and secure an\nexceptional candidate with the necessary skills and experience. Mr. Long\nsucceeds David Weigand. David will assist in the transition and shift his\nfocus to helping optimize and accelerate the business.\n\nAbout Super Micro Computer, Inc.\n\nSupermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT\nSolutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is\ncommitted to delivering first-to-market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI,\nand 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are a Total IT Solutions manufacturer\nwith server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services.\nSupermicro's motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables\nour development and production, enabling next-generation innovation from cloud\nto edge for our global customers. Our products are designed and manufactured\nin-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global\noperations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce\nenvironmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server\nBuilding Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact\nworkload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built\nfrom our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive\nset of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and\ncooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).\n\nSupermicro, Server Building Block Solution, and We Keep IT Green are\ntrademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.\n\nAll other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective\nowners.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/)\n\nInvestor Contact: IR@supermicro.com (mailto:IR@supermicro.com)\n\nMedia Contact: PR@supermicro.com (mailto:PR@supermicro.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-15T13:05:00.26892156Z","server_sent_at_ms":1792069500268},"received_at":"2026-10-15T13:05:00.351Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015198626/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"158671","press_release_id":"170486","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"executive_change","narrative":"Supermicro appointed Mark Long as Senior Vice President and CFO, effective immediately, reporting to CEO Charles Liang.\n\nLong previously served as CFO and Chief Strategy Officer of Western Digital, with a background spanning corporate finance, M&A, and strategy at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Prime Impact Capital.\n\nHe succeeds David Weigand, who will assist in the transition and shift focus to optimizing the business; 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