Michael Ellenbogen has served as a director since July 2021. He was also our Chief Innovation Officer from July 2021 until September 5, 2025 and served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer and President from October 30, 2024 until December 16, 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Ellenbogen co-founded Legacy Evolv (as defined below) with Anil R. Chitkara in July 2013 and served as Legacy Evolv's Head of Advanced Technology since January 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Ellenbogen served as Legacy Evolv's Chief Executive Officer from August 2013 to January 2020. Mr. Ellenbogen is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Resolv Tools, a private company, and serves as a member of its board of directors and chair. Prior to co-founding Evolv, Mr. Ellenbogen was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Reveal Imaging Technologies, an X-ray imaging systems company focusing on automated explosives detection, from 2002 to 2010. Prior to joining Reveal, Mr. Ellenbogen was the Vice President of Research & Development and Business Development of PerkinElmer Detection Systems, a provider of X-ray-based security technologies, from 1994 to 2002. During his 25-plus year career in the security industry, Mr. Ellenbogen has proven his expertise in product and business development, as well as stakeholder value creation. In addition, Mr. Ellenbogen is an inventor with over 20 awarded patents. Mr. Ellenbogen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from Colgate University in 1986. We believe that Mr. Ellenbogen is qualified to serve on Evolv's Board based on his broad technical background, including his experience as founder and officer of Evolv.