Mr. Arison has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since November 2022, and previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Legacy Grindr from October 2022 to November 2022. Mr. Arison previously served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFT) from December 2013 to September 2022, and he continued to serve as a member on the board of directors until August 2023. In 2018, Mr. Arison conceived and created Pulsar AI, an artificial intelligence platform for auto sales, which was acquired by Impel. Prior to that, he served in various positions at Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) from 2010 to 2013. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Arison served as co-founder of Taxi Magic (now known as Curb, acquired by Verifone), an on-demand ground travel tool and one of the earliest native mobile app technologies. From 2005 to 2007, he worked for Boston Consulting Group. Prior to his business career, Mr. Arison was a policy analyst and ran a political campaign in Georgia, the country of his birth, about which he wrote Democracy and Autocracy in Eurasia: Georgia in Transition. Mr. Arison received a bachelor s degree from Middlebury College. Since joining Grindr, Mr. Arison has overseen our successful transition to a public company, posting significant growth and profitability results and driving product innovation. We believe that Mr. Arison s deep experience in marketplaces and AI, extensive leadership experience overseeing the transformation of our company into the Global Gayborhood in Your Pocket TM , together with his corporate expertise as the Chief Executive Officer, qualify him to serve as our Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors.