Edgar R. Giesinger has served as a member of the Board since May 2017 and currently serves as a member of our Nominating and Governance Committee and as Chairman of our Audit Committee. Mr. Giesinger retired as a managing partner from KPMG LLP in 2015. Since November 2015, Mr. Giesinger has served on the board of directors of Geospace Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: GEOS), a publicly traded company primarily involved in the design and manufacture of instruments and equipment utilized in oil and gas industries. Since October 2023, Mr. Giesinger has served on the board of directors of Mach Natural Resources LP (NYSE: MNR), a publicly traded limited partnership involved in upstream oil and gas operations. Mr. Giesinger served on the board of directors of Newfield Exploration Company, a publicly traded crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company, from August 2017 until February 2019 when it was sold to Encana Corporation. He has over 35 years of accounting and finance experience working mainly with publicly traded corporations. Over the years, he has advised a number of clients in accounting and financial matters, capital raising, international expansions and in dealings with the SEC. While working with companies in a variety of industries, his primary focus has been energy and manufacturing clients. Mr. Giesinger is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas. He has lectured and led seminars on various topics dealing with financial risks, controls and financial reporting. We believe that Mr. Giesinger s extensive financial and accounting experience, including that related to the energy and manufacturing industries, qualifies him to effectively serve as a member of the Board.