Served as CEO of Universal Hydrogen Co. a hydrogen aviation company which built and flew the world's largest fuel cell-powered passenger airliner. From 2018 to 2019, Mr. Eremenko was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), where he led the 30,000-person engineering function and spearheaded research, technology, and innovation initiatives, and played a key role in the technical due diligence for the merger of UTC s aerospace businesses with Raytheon to form Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). He also served as CTO of Airbus SE, the world s leading maker of commercial aircraft, and was the founding CEO of Acubed, Airbus Silicon Valley innovation center. Industry Experience: From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Eremenko served as Director of Engineering at Google s Advanced Technology and Projects organization, and prior to that at Motorola Mobility. Mr. Eremenko currently serves on the Board of Directors of Eve Holding Inc. (NYSE: EVEX), an aerospace company. Mr. Eremenko worked at DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, from 2009 2013, first as a Program Manager, and later as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Tactical Technology Office, the agency s large systems and platforms office. For his work at DARPA, Mr. Eremenko was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Eremenko earned his undergraduate and Master s degrees in aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech), respectively. Mr. Eremenko also holds a J.D. from Georgetown University. His leadership and expertise in AI, aerospace research and development, and managing advanced technology organizations, as well as his experience in the government sector, position him as a pioneer in driving technological transformation, providing the board with invaluable insights to guide strategic decisions and foster innovation-led growth.