Mr. Sturm, age 70, has served as a member of the Board of Directors since September 2022. Mr. Sturm retired at the end of 2014 as an audit partner in the New York office of KPMG LLP ( KPMG ) after a 37 year career conducting financial statement audits of primarily public companies and audits of internal controls under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He was a member of the New York audit leadership team for a number of years through 2012, and subsequently joined KPMG s department of professional practice, assuming certain national responsibilities for KPMG s quality review process until his retirement. Mr. Sturm also served as a member of KPMG s audit committee for three years. During his tenure at KPMG, Mr. Sturm authored the annual Metropolitan New York Regional Software Industry Outlook , which provided comprehensive industry analysis and benchmarking data. Mr. Sturm was also a founder and treasurer on the board of directors of LISTnet, was the chairman of the board of directors for the Long Island Software and Technology Incubator, served as the treasurer on the board of directors of Gold Coast Villas Association, served as a member on the board of directors of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce, and currently serves on the board of directors of Esplanade Lake Club Homeowners Association, Inc. He also served as president of the New York Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants, was a member on the defense contractor committee of the American Institute of CPA's and co-authored the Government Contractors Industry Audit and Accounting Guide. Mr. Sturm currently serves as a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of Jolley Holding Aruba, which consists of numerous private companies that primarily operate in commercial real estate, car dealership, car rental, retail and wholesale businesses. In that capacity, Mr. Sturm assists in board oversight of the integrity of the financial statements, the monitoring and management of financial risks, the effectiveness of internal financial controls, compliance with regulatory requirements and the work of the independent auditors and the internal audit function. Mr. Sturm's extensive leadership experience, his audit experience and his experience as a member of, or advisor to, boards, makes him qualified to continue to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Sturm is the Chair of our Audit Committee and a member of our Nominating and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Sturm qualifies as an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K.