Executive management

Angus Pacala has served as Ouster’s Chief Executive Officer and director since he co-founded Ouster in June 2015. Previously, Mr. Pacala was Director of Engineering at Quanergy, Inc. from November 2012 to February 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Pacala was Battery Engineer at Amprius, Inc. from June 2011 to October 2012. Mr. Pacala holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. We believe that Mr. Pacala is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his extensive technical background and his history as Ouster’s co-founder.

March Frichtl has served as Ouster’s Chief Technology Officer since he co-founded Ouster in June 2015. Previously, Mr. Frichtl was a Technologies Development Engineer at Apple, Inc. from April 2015 to May 2015 and an Engineer at Quanergy, Inc. from July 2013 to April 2015. Mr. Frichtl holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics and a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Darien Spencer has served as Ouster’s Chief Operating Officer since July 2017. Previously, Mr. Spencer was Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Procurement Officer at Enphase Energy, an energy technology company, from August 2013 to April 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Spencer was General Manager of Business Units and Automation at Jabil Circuit, a product solutions company, from August 2012 to August 2013, Co-Founder and Chief Operating and Procurement Officer at Optisolar / Novasolar Corporation from January 2007 to November 2012 and Senior Vice President of Asia Operations at Maxtor Corporation, a hard disk drive manufacturer, and Seagate Technology after the latter acquired Maxtor Corporation in May 2006, from January 2005 to January 2007.

Nate Dickerman has served as Ouster’s President of Field Operations since April 2021. Previously, Mr. Dickerman was the Chief Commercial Officer at Planet Labs from 2018 to 2021. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales at AppDirect from 2017 to 2018, Senior Director of Manufacturing Software Sales for North America at Autodesk from 2012 to 2017, and Vice President of Software Sales at PTC from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Dickerman began his career as a sales professional at IBM. He holds a B.S. in Economics and an MBA in Marketing Management from Santa Clara University.

Mark Weinswig has served as Ouster’s Chief Financial Officer since February 2023. Prior to the merger between Ouster and Velodyne, Mr. Weinswig served as the Chief Financial Officer of Velodyne Lidar, Inc. Mr. Weinswig has more than 25 years of experience in financial leadership positions in private and publicly traded technology companies, including 11 years as a chief financial officer. Prior to Velodyne, Weinswig served as CFO of Avinger, a commercial-stage medical device company. He previously held financial leadership positions in the optical component and laser industry, including Emcore, Avanex and Coherent. He began his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers and worked at Morgan Stanley as an equity research analyst covering the optical industry. Weinswig has held both Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst designations. He received an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BS in Accounting from Indiana University.

Megan Chung has served as Ouster’s General Counsel since February 2023. She previously served as Ouster’s Deputy General Counsel since July 2021. Prior to joining Ouster, Ms. Chung served as a Partner at the law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP from 2014 to July 2021, including as Office Managing Partner for the firm’s San Diego office from October 2019 to July 2021. Ms. Chung’s practice focused on complex and technical intellectual property counseling, litigation, and portfolio management. Ms. Chung received her J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law and her B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University.