General Joseph L. Votel has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2023. Mr. Votel is a retired four-star general with 39 years of military experience. He most recently served as the Commanding General of the United States Central Command and before that was the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command. He served in the Pentagon, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, among others. Following his retirement from military service, General Votel served as President & CEO of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) from 2020 to 2023. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Noblis Corporation, and a Strategic Advisor for Sierra Nevada Corporation, both of which are positions he has held since 2019. Mr. Votel is a Board Director with Minnesota Wire & Cable Company, a custom design, development and manufacturing company for wire, cable and interconnect assemblies, DC Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm, and Helix Decision Science, LLC, a technology company focused on the interaction of AI systems, supporting technologies and data across businesses, a member of the Government Advisory Board for Insight Partners and a member of the Draper Corporation. He is also a member of the Board of Governors at the Middle East Institute, the Veterans Defense Project, and the Distinguished Chair of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Mr. Votel also serves as an advisor to Ansys Government Initiative, Orbis Operations, LLC and NtelSec, Inc. Mr. Votel is a member of the Executive Boards at the UPenn Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL). He is a current member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Votel graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1980 and earned a master's degree from the U.S. Army Command and Staff College in 1991 and from the Army War College in 2001.