Biography

Kirk Konert has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 18, 2022. Since December 2023, Mr. Konert has been a Managing Partner at AE Industrial Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Konert was a Partner at AE Industrial Partners from October 2019 to December 2021, and a Principal from August 2014 to October 2019. Mr. Konert currently serves on the board of directors of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), Calca Solutions, Redwire (NYSE: RDW), ThayerMahan, and York Space Systems (NYSE: YSS). Previously, Mr. Konert was a Senior Associate at Sun Capital Partners from July 2011 to July 2014 and was an analyst with Wells Fargo Securities’ Industrial Group from June 2009 to June 2011. Mr. Konert earned a BA in Economics at Davidson College. We believe that Mr. Konert is qualified to serve as a director given his leadership and transactional experience.