Director since June 2020 Compensation Committee Governance and Nominations Committee Age 68 Other public boards 0 Skills and qualifications Prior service as a CEO of a technology company in an adjacent space provides the Board with a high level of expertise and experience in our industry Provides the Board with strategic insights across a range of corporate functions Previous management and oversight experience within the industry Significant industry knowledge and expertise in NFV solutions Other current board experience Avesha Inc. (private) Oxefit, Inc. (private) Previous board experience Affirmed Networks, Inc., Chairman Founder SPAC, Executive Chairman KINS Technology Group, Inc. Vesper Technologies, Inc. Sway AI Inc., Executive Chairman Professional highlights Dr. Ahmed served as Executive Chairman and CEO of Sway AI, Inc., a provider of AI technologies and services, from March 2021 to April 2025 and served as Executive Chairman of Founder SPAC, a special purpose acquisition company, from March 2021 until its merger with software company Rubicon Technologies, LLC in August 2022. He previously served as Chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Affirmed Networks, Inc., a provider of virtualized, cloud-native mobile network solutions, which was acquired by Microsoft in April 2020. Before founding Affirmed Networks in 2010, he was a senior advisor at Charles River Ventures, LLC. From 1998 to 2008, Dr. Ahmed served as Chairman and CEO of Sonus Networks, Inc. Prior to that time, he served in various executive roles at Ascend Communications, Inc., Cascade Communications Corporation and Analog Devices, Inc. He also served as President and founder of WaveAccess, Inc. and founded and served as director of the VLSI Systems Group of Codex Corporation. Dr. Ahmed previously served as Associate Professor of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering and Associate Professor of Finance at Boston University.