Board of Directors

Daniel J. Hennessy, our Chairman of the Board, is the Founder and the Managing Member of Hennessy Capital Group LLC, an alternative investment firm founded in 2013 that focuses on investing in sustainable and real estate technology sectors. He also currently serves as senior advisor to VII. Since January 2021, Mr. Hennessy has served as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI, which in September 2021 closed its initial public offering of $300 million. From December 2020 to December 2022, he served as Senior Advisor to PTIC. From October 2020 to December 2022, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairperson and CEO of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V., or Hennessy V (NASDAQ: HCIC), which in January 2021 closed its initial public offering of $345 million. From March 2019 to December 2020, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV, or Hennessy IV (NASDAQ: HCAC), which in December 2020 closed its initial business combination with Canoo Holdings Ltd. From August 2018 to August 2022, Mr. Hennessy served as a director of SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving. From January 2017 to October 2018, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. III, or Hennessy III, which merged with NRC Group Holdings, LLC, a global provider of comprehensive environmental, compliance and waste management services, now known as US Ecology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECOL) and served as a director of US Ecology, Inc. from January 2018 to October 2019. From April 2015 to February 2017, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II, or Hennessy II, which merged with Daseke in February 2017 and is now known as Daseke, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE) and since February 2017, has served as Daseke, Inc.’s Vice Chairperson. From September 2013 to February 2015, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp., or Hennessy I, which merged with School Bus Holdings Inc. in February 2015 and is now known as Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ: BLBD), and from 2015 to 2019, he as a director of Blue Bird Corporation, formerly known as School Bus Holdings Inc. From 1988 to 2016, Mr. Hennessy served as a Partner at Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC (n/k/a CHS Capital or “CHS”), a middle-market private equity investment firm he co-founded in 1988. Prior to forming CHS, Mr. Hennessy was employed by Citicorp from 1984 to 1988 as head of the Midwest Region for Citicorp Mezzanine Investments and Vice President and Team Leader with Citicorp Leveraged Capital Group. He began his career in 1981 in the oil and gas lending group at Continental Illinois National Bank (now Bank of America) where he was a Banking Officer. Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Mr. Hennessy is the father of Thomas D. Hennessy, a director.

Thomas D. Hennessy, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, has served as a Managing Partner of Growth Strategies of Hennessy Capital Group, LLC, an alternative investment firm founded in 2013 that focuses on investing in industrial, infrastructure, climate and real estate technologies. Mr. Hennessy has served as a director of Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I (Nasdaq: JGGC), a special purpose acquisition company targeting business operating primarily outside of the United States in the PropTech sector, since February 2021. Since December 2020, he has served as a director of 7GC & Co. Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: VII), a special purpose acquisition company targeting the technology industry. Since 2019, Mr. Hennessy, in his role as Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, has executed two successful SPAC business combinations, including (i) PropTech Investment Corporation’s (“PTAC”) business combination with Porch Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRCH) in 2020; and (ii) PropTech Investment Corporation II’s (“PTIC”) business combination with Appreciate Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFR) in 2022. Since 2021, Mr. Hennessy has also invested in 14 privately-held companies in his capacity as Managing Partner of Hennessy Capital Growth Partners, a growth equity fund that serves as a strategic capital and growth partner to real estate technology and climate technology companies. Mr. Hennessy served from 2014 to 2019 as a Portfolio Manager of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”). Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Mr. Hennessy is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his extensive experience with special purpose acquisition companies and his expertise in mergers and acquisitions.

M. Joseph Beck, one of our directors, serves as a director of VII, since December 2020. Mr. Beck has served as a Managing Partner of Growth Strategies of Hennessy Capital Group, LLC since July 2019. From December 2020 to December 2022, he served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and director of PTIC, a special purpose acquisition company which in 2020 closed an initial business combination with Appreciate Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFR). From November 2019 to December 2020, he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and director of PTAC, a special purpose acquisition company, which in December 2020 closed an initial business combination with Porch. . From August 2012 to July 2019, Mr. Beck served as a Senior Investment Manager of ADIA. From July 2008 to August 2012, Mr. Beck served in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he focused on mergers and acquisitions for companies in the real estate sector as well as public and private financings of equity, debt and structured products. Mr. Beck holds a B.A. degree from Yale University.

Anna Brunelle, one of our directors, has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ouster Inc., from August 2020 to May 2023, which completed a business combination with Colonnade Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in March 2021, and subsequently merged with Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (previously NASDAQ: VLDR) in February 2023. Ms. Brunelle has over 20 years of experience in finance, accounting, investor relations, corporate and business development, as well as business operations and analytics. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Kinestral Technologies from April 2018 through May 2020 and Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Operating Officer of Soylent from March 2016 through October 2017. She has also served as Chief Financial Officer of GlobalLogic, Chief Financial Officer of Tivo, Inc., and Senior Consultant for Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Ms. Brunelle currently serves as a director of Bolt Threads, Inc. and Hennessy VI and previously served as a director of Halio International from March 2019 through May 2020. During her tenure in leadership positions, she has worked on successful IPOs of technology companies and completed multiple private and public acquisitions and divestitures. Ms. Brunelle received her B.S. in Business Administration (accounting concentration) from California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo.

Kirk Hovde, one of our directors, serves as Managing Principal & Head of Investment Banking at Hovde Group where he is responsible for leading the firm’s investment banking practice, as well as evaluating the financial and strategic options of financial institutions. In this capacity, Mr. Hovde performs financial analyses and valuations of banks and thrifts, assists in the facilitation of M&A transactions and capital offerings, and assesses the impact of national and regional trends on the financial services industry. Mr. Hovde is also a member of Hovde Group’s Management Operating Committee, which is tasked with the day-to-day management of the firm and implementation of the longer-term strategic plan and vision. Prior to joining Hovde Group, Mr. Hovde was with Deloitte & Touche LLP in Chicago, Illinois, where he provided assurance services to both public and private clients in a broad array of industries. These services primarily consisted of regular financial audit and Sarbanes-Oxley attestation engagements, but also included special projects for acquisitions and divestitures. Mr. Hovde, a native of Chicago, earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, double majoring in Accounting and Finance, Investment & Banking, from the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois, has his series 7, 24, 63 and 79 FINRA licenses and has passed Level II of the CFA Program. Mr. Hovde is qualified to serve as a director due to his experience in finance, M&A and capital markets.

Matt Schindel, one of our directors, has served as a director of TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corporation III, a special purpose acquisition company since July 2023. Mr. Schindel has more than 15 years of experience as an investor and operator of growth companies, including more than a decade in climate and renewable energy related businesses. From February 2020 to July 2023, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Snapdocs, a real estate software company that provides automation solutions for lenders, title companies, notaries, and other participants in real-estate transactions. Prior to Snapdocs, Mr. Schindel held various executive roles at Sunrun, Inc., the nation’s leading residential solar, storage, and energy services company. Mr. Schindel holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard College. Mr. Schindel is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his experience with public companies and capital markets.