Dr. Akbari has been a Director of the Company since January 2013. Dr. Akbari is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of AKnowledge Partners, LLC, a global advisory firm providing high-impact consultative strategies and advice to Fortune 1000 companies and private equity firms in the sectors of The Internet of Things, cybersecurity, enterprise software and artificial intelligence. From 2007 to 2012, Dr. Akbari was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SkyBitz, Inc., a leading provider of remote asset tracking and security solutions specializing in real-time decision-making tools for companies with unpowered assets such as truck trailing equipment, intermodal containers and rail cars. Prior to her service with SkyBitz, Dr. Akbari held executive positions at Microsoft Corporation, Thales Group, TruePosition, Inc., a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and Cambridge Strategic Management Group (CSMG). Dr. Akbari holds a Ph.D. in particle physics from Tufts University and is presently a member of the Business Board of Advisors for Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Akbari also serves on the board of directors of Banco Santander, S.A., a company incorporated in Spain and listed on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ), and the board of directors of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., a NYSE listed company. Dr. Akbari formerly served on the board of directors of (i) Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc., formerly a NYSE listed company, from January 2020 to June 2025, (ii) Temenos AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, from May 2020 to May 2023, (iii) GEMALTO N.V., a company incorporated in the Netherlands and formerly listed on the Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Paris, from 2013 to 2019, and (iv) Veolia S.A., a company incorporated in France and listed on the Euronext Paris, from 2015 to 2019.