Brent P. Johnstone has been a director of Aware since May 2012 and chairman from March 2019 through March 2025. Mr. Johnstone currently serve as Managing Director at All American Commerce and managing partner at Bram Capital Partners, a private investment firm which he cofounded in 2022. Additionally, he continues as managing director for Quarry Capital Management LLC, a private investment firm which he co-founded in 2005 and Manager of BPS Distribution Growth Holdings, a firm founded in 2019 to invest in companies that offer analytics software, services, and training. Mr. Johnstone also is an advisor to ActVantage, L.P., an analytics software and advisory firm which he co-founded in 2019. Before that he was Managing Director of ActVantage, L.P. from 2019 through 2024. From 2013 to 2020, he served as CEO of Granite Analytics, LLC, and CEO of Royal Pet Supplies, a portfolio company of Quarry Capital Management, from June 2010 to June 2012. Prior to Quarry Capital Management LLC, he was vice president in the investment management division at Thomson Financial from 2003 to 2005, and from 2002 to 2003 he was General Manager of TheMarketsPro at TheMarkets.com. Mr. Johnstone co-founded and launched BulldogResearch.com, a financial website from 1999 to 2001. Prior to co-founding BulldogResearch.com, Mr. Johnstone worked in private client services at Lehman Brothers, as a strategic marketing associate at SystemSoft Corporation, and in investment banking in Morgan Stanley’s real estate and technology corporate finance teams. Mr. Johnstone received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Our board benefits from Mr. Johnstone’s 30 years’ experience in the investment, financial services, and enterprise software industry, and his expertise in finance.