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John T.C. Lee

Director, COGNEX CORP

Since Jan 1, 2022.

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Alpha ID
alpha:person:john-t-c-lee-2
Record version
vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Sep 2, 2026
Newest evidence
Apr 29, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
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Current role
DirectorSince Jan 1, 2022
Board seats
2COGNEX CORP, MKS INC
Committee seats
0None published
Published claims
3813 distinct sources
Evidence records
190 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 13 distinct sources and 19 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

John T.C. Lee seat on COGNEX CORP, effective 2022-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2022E10

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencecorroborated
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

COGNEX CORP CurrentDirector, 2022 to presentOpen recordMKS INC CurrentDirector, 2020 to presentOpen record
Professional RoleDirector at COGNEX CORP
Source reportedE10
person:john-t-c-lee-2:role:1
Professional RoleDirector at MKS INC
Source reportedE7
person:john-t-c-lee-2:role:2
Board membershipServes on the board of Cognex Corporation
CorroboratedE8E18E6
person:john-t-c-lee-2:board_membership:7
Board membershipServes on the board of MKS INC
CorroboratedE19E8E6
person:john-t-c-lee-2:board_membership:8
Board membershipServes on the board of MKS Instruments Inc
CorroboratedE6E8
person:john-t-c-lee-2:board_membership:9
Board roleBoard role: Director
CorroboratedE5E9
person:john-t-c-lee-2:board_role:10
Committee assignmentsNo committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing
CorroboratedE5E8
person:john-t-c-lee-2:committee_assignments:11
Committee assignmentsCommittee assignments: Compensation, Audit
Source reportedE9
person:john-t-c-lee-2:committee_assignments:12

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Work experience

Evidence
  1. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Executive Vice President, Head of North AmericaOrganization not published
    E1
  2. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Managing PartnerOrganization not published
    E2
  3. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and SecretaryOrganization not published
    E3E17
  4. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Named Executive OfficerOrganization not published
    E4
  5. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Chief Operating OfficerOrganization not published
    E11E16
  6. 2026 to end not published
    Executive title: Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Innovation OfficerOrganization not published
    E12
  7. 2025 to end not published
    Executive title: General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryOrganization not published
    E13E15
  8. 2025 to end not published
    Executive title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate SecretaryOrganization not published
    E14
  9. Dates not published
    Executive title: President and Chief Executive OfficerOrganization not published
    E5

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

No published claims

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence
AI and ML experienceAI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE5E1
person:john-t-c-lee-2:ai_ml_experience:1
AI expertiseAI expertise: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE17
person:john-t-c-lee-2:ai_expertise:2
AI expertiseAI expertise reported in filings
CorroboratedE15E16
person:john-t-c-lee-2:ai_expertise:3
AI governance relevanceAI governance relevance reported from role and filings
CorroboratedE15E16E17
person:john-t-c-lee-2:ai_governance_relevance:4
Technology backgroundTechnology background: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE1
person:john-t-c-lee-2:technology_background:35
Technology backgroundTechnology background reported in filings
Source reportedE5
person:john-t-c-lee-2:technology_background:36

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who may act on this authority. An agent about to transact, or one presenting itself as acting under this authority, checks these Claims first.

Officer of recordDirector, COGNEX CORP, from Jan 1, 2022
Source reportedE10
person:john-t-c-lee-2:role:1
Officer of recordDirector, MKS INC, from Jan 1, 2020
Source reportedE7
person:john-t-c-lee-2:role:2
Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents acting on this authorityNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence
Board independenceNot independent (executive director)
Source reportedE6
person:john-t-c-lee-2:board_independence:5
Board independenceIndependent director
Source reportedE8
person:john-t-c-lee-2:board_independence:6

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE5E1
person:john-t-c-lee-2:cybersecurity_experience:13
Executive companyExecutive at Bentley Systems Inc
CorroboratedE11E16
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:14
Executive companyExecutive at Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
CorroboratedE3E17
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:15
Executive companyExecutive at Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
Source reportedE12
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:16
Executive companyExecutive at MKS Inc.
Source reportedE5
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:17
Executive companyExecutive at NERDWALLET, INC.
Source reportedE4
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:18
Executive companyExecutive at PJT Partners Inc.
Source reportedE2
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:19
Executive companyExecutive at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
Source reportedE1
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:20
Executive companyExecutive at Seagate Technology Holdings plc
Source reportedE14
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:21
Executive companyExecutive at Synopsys, Inc.
CorroboratedE13E15
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_company:22
Executive functionLegal Governance (GENERAL_COUNSEL)
CorroboratedE17E15
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_function:23
Executive functionOperations (COO)
Source reportedE16
person:john-t-c-lee-2:executive_function:24
Other Company RoleJames Lee is also linked to Google Cloud as General Manager of Startups and AI business.
Source reportedE11
person:john-t-c-lee-2:other_company_role:34

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Coverage

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  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

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Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources
19 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
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Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    RYTM DEF 14A executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Apr 29, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    PJT DEF 14A executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Apr 29, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    DLR DEF 14A executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Apr 17, 2026. Retrieved Apr 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    NRDS DEF 14A executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Apr 14, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    MKSI DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    MKS Instruments Inc director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    Source title not published
    sec proxy. Published Mar 31, 2026. Retrieved Apr 28, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    Cognex Corporation director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 13, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    CGNX DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 13, 2026. Retrieved Apr 24, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    Source title not published
    sec proxy. Published Mar 13, 2026. Retrieved Apr 24, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  11. E11
    BSY 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 26, 2026. Retrieved Apr 30, 2026. Cited by 3 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  12. E12
    FBIN 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Feb 23, 2026. Retrieved May 4, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  13. E13
    SNPS 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Dec 22, 2025. Retrieved Apr 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  14. E14
    STX 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Aug 1, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  15. E15
    SNPS executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  16. E16
    BSY executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  17. E17
    DLR executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  18. E18
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  19. E19
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Sep 2, 2026
  • John T.C. Lee seat on COGNEX CORP, effective 2022-01-01.
  • John T.C. Lee seat on MKS INC, effective 2020-01-01.
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  10. Conflicts and accountability2
  11. Other published claims13
  12. Coverage gaps4
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