On July 21, 2022, the board of directors of Avinger, Inc. appointed Nabeel Subainati, who currently serves as the Company's Vice President, Corporate Controller, as the Company's Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Subainati, age 39, has served as the Company's Vice President, Corporate Controller, since January 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Subainati served as Controller at Crossbar, Inc., a semiconductor memory technology provider from July 2018 until joining the Company.

Mr. Subainati has previously served as Corporate Controller of Sigma Designs, Inc. a Nasdaq-listed integrated system-on-chip solutions provider for home and industrial applications, from May 2014 to June 2018, which was acquired by Silicon Labs, Inc. Earlier in his career Mr. Subainati worked at Ernest & Young and Deloitte. He received a B.S. in business administration with an accounting major from Santa Clara University. He earned and currently holds an active CPA designation.