Jason Papastavrou, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2021. Dr. Papastavrou founded ARIS Capital Management, LLC, a wealth management firm, in 2004 and currently serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Dr. Papastavrou was the founder and managing director of the Fund of Hedge Funds Strategies Group of Banc of America Capital Management (BACAP), president of BACAP Alternative Advisors, and a senior portfolio manager with Deutsche Asset Management. Dr. Papastavrou previously served as a member of the board of directors of LIEN from October 2024 to March 2025; GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO), a publicly traded pure-play contract logistics company, from August 2021 to July 2025; XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO), a publicly traded leading provider of freight transportation, from September 2011 to August 2021; and previously served on the board of directors of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), a publicly traded equipment rental company, from April 2005 to May 2020. He was a tenured professor at the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and holds a B.S. in mathematics, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Papastavrou provides our Board with key insights to the financial markets, capital raising activities, and the management of a large, complex business. For these reasons, our Board of Directors has concluded that he is qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.