Mr. Capparelli has served as Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee since May 2023 and as director of the Company since April 2022. Mr. Capparelli also serves as the Vice President and General Manager, Lifecycle Segment Portfolio of Rockwell Automation, Inc., an industrial automation and digital transformation company which is included within the S&P 500 Index, and serves as an advisory board member of the Industrial Equipment Advisory Board of Technology and Service Industry Association. Mr. Capparelli previously served as Rockwell Automation Vice President and General Manager of Lifecycle Head of Regions from October 2023 to July 2025; Lifecycle Vice President Global Commercial from February 2022 to September 2023; President, Americas Region from October 2020 to January 2022; and President, Latin America Region from 2016 to September 2020. Prior to such time, Mr. Capparelli held numerous roles of increasing responsibility at leading sales, engineering and services businesses, and his experience includes strategy development and execution, risk management, financial management, go-to-market evolution, marketing, operations, and customer support organization. Mr. Capparelli holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina), and a Post Graduate degree in Business Management and Strategy from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Mr. Capparelli s qualifications to serve as a director include his many years of international, executive leadership experience in industrial automation and digital transformation including smart manufacturing, IOT and Industry 4.0 across multiples customer segments and industries. Mr. Capparelli s leadership in the creation and development of strategies that achieve business outcomes combining technology and domain expertise to maximize productivity, safety and sustainability of business investment in critical areas, including digital engineering, connected operations, analytics, cybersecurity and automation make him a valuable member to our Board. Also, Mr. Capparelli s qualifications include leading efforts to foster workplace culture and strengthen organizational engagement with local communities. Furthermore, the Board benefits from his insight into key global geographic markets served by the Company, and his successful track record overseeing business development and the implementation of strategic growth initiatives in these markets.