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Age 62, is currently self-employed as an independent consultant at Shelly Lombard LLC and Ms. Lombard has served in such role since February 2014. Ms. Lombard’s consulting practice focuses on corporate finance, financial analysis, and the financial markets. Since 2015, Ms. Lombard, through her consulting firm Shelly Lombard LLC, has also served as a consultant to TAR Holdings LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, (“TAR Holdings”). Ms. Lombard has served on four public company boards. Since March 2022, Ms. Lombard has served on the Board of Directors of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY), an omnichannel retailer of merchandise in the home, baby, beauty, and wellness markets. Ms. Lombard does not currently serve on any committees of the board of directors of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. From May 2020 until June 17, 2022, Ms. Lombard served on the board of directors of INNOVATE Corp. (NYSE: VATE), formerly known as HC2 Holdings, Inc., which owns control stakes in biotech, communications, and infrastructure companies. Until leaving the Board of Directors in June 2022, Ms. Lombard was the chair of INNOVATE’s audit committee and also served on its nominating and compensation committees. Ms. Lombard also served as a director at Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (formerly Nasdaq: ALSK) from June 2020 until its sale was completed in July 2021, where she was a member of the Board of Directors’ audit and compensation committees. From September 2020 to October 2021, Ms. Lombard also served as a member of the Board of Directors and chair of the Board’s audit committee at Spartacus Acquisition Corporation (formerly Nasdaq: TMTS, TMTSW, and TMTSU), a special purpose acquisition corporation focused on the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) industry that completed a business combination transaction with NextNav Inc. (Nasdaq: NN) in October 2021. From 2011 to 2014, Ms. Lombard was the Director of High Yield and Special Situation Research for Britton Hill Capital, a broker dealer specializing in high yield bank debt and bonds and value equities. From 2003 to 2010, Ms. Lombard was a high yield bond analyst covering the automotive and media industries at Gimme Credit, a subscription bond research firm. From 1992 to 2001, Ms. Lombard analyzed, managed, and was involved in the restructurings of proprietary investments for ING Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank, Barclays Bank, Credit Lyonnais, and large family offices. Ms. Lombard began her career at Citibank in the leveraged finance group. As an independent financial analyst and financial trainer, she reviews investment ideas, provides training programs for new hires at Wall Street banks, and has taught executive education courses in corporate finance, financial analysis, and the financial markets at Columbia University, the Wharton School of Business, and Moody’s. Ms. Lombard has an MBA in Finance from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Government from Simmons College.
JDS1 believes Ms. Lombard’s considerable financial and investment experience, her experience as a director of publicly traded companies, and her previous experience in working with companies in financial or operating distress will make her a valuable addition to the Board.
Age 53, currently serves as the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Symbolic Logic, Inc., formerly known as Evolving Systems, Inc. (OTC: EVOL), a technology strategy and investment company, having served as a member of the board of directors since March 2016. Mr. Stecker was named Chairman in August 2016, Executive Chairman in April 2018, and President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2018. He served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the United States Department of Commerce from 2014 to 2017. In that capacity, Mr. Stecker was part of the team that launched the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). Since February 2021, Mr. Stecker has served on the Board of Directors of SeaChange International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC). Mr. Stecker has served on the Board of Directors of Live Microsystems, Inc. (OTC: LMSC) which sold its operating assets in 2013. He previously served on the boards of directors of SITO Mobile, Ltd. (OTC: SITOQ) from June 2017 to September 2017, MRV Communications (Nasdaq: MRVC) from April 2013 to June 2016, and HealthWarehouse.com Inc. (OTCMKTS: HEWA) from December 2010 to August 2013, where he also served on the compensation committee. From January to November 2014, Mr. Stecker served as the Vice President of Mobile Entertainment for RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK). From November 2009 to December 2013, he served as CEO of Live MicroSystems, Inc., and from April 2005 to November 2009 he was a senior executive in both Telecom Operations and Strategy at Cartesian, Inc. (formerly OTCQB: CRTN). He received his B.A. in Political Science and Computer Science from Duke University, and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.
JDS1 believes that Mr. Stecker’s extensive senior management experience, along with his operational and management expertise and extensive public company board experience, would make him a valuable addition to the Board.
Age 45, currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of CCUR (formerly OTCQB: CCUR) and was appointed as CCUR’s President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2021. Mr. Volshteyn previously served as CCUR’s Interim Chief Operating Officer and President from June 2020 until July 2021, and, prior to that, as CCUR’s Senior Vice President of Business Development from January 2019 until June 2020. Since January 2022, Mr. Volshteyn has served as a director of Symbolic Logic (OTC: EVOL), serving as Chair of the Investment Committee. From August 2020 through November 2021, Mr. Volshteyn served as Chief Financial Officer and a director of Spartacus Acquisition Corporation (formerly Nasdaq: TMTS, TMTSW, and TMTSU), a special purpose acquisition corporation focused on the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) industry that completed a business combination transaction with NextNav Inc. (Nasdaq: NN) in October 2021. Mr. Volshteyn began his career as a research analyst and investment banker at Tejas Securities Group, Inc. focusing primarily on technology and telecommunications and has over twenty years of experience in the investment management industry. Mr. Volshteyn served as the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Echelon Investment Partners LP from May 2016 to December 2018 and as an analyst and portfolio manager at Millennium Management from July 2007 to March 2016. From August 2019 to February 2020, Mr. Volshteyn served on the board of directors for Goodman Networks, Inc. Mr. Volshteyn holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, with highest honors, from the University of Texas at Austin.
JDS1 believes Mr. Volshteyn’s experience serving as a senior executive and director, including of publicly traded companies, along with his financial, operational and management expertise, will make him a valuable addition to the Board.