Brent P. Johnstone has been a director of Aware since May 2012 and a chairman since March 2019. Mr. Johnstone is a managing director of ActVantage, L.P., an analytics software and advisory firm he co-founded in 2019. He continues to serve as a managing director at Quarry Capital Management LLC, an analytics-driven private investment firm which he co-founded in 2005. He served as CEO of Royal Pet Supplies, a portfolio company of Quarry Capital Management, from June 2010 to June 2012. Prior to Quarry Capital Management LLC, Mr. Johnstone served as a vice president in the investment management division at Thomson Financial and as general manager of TheMarketsPro at TheMarkets.com. Mr. Johnstone has co-founded and launched BulldogResearch.com, a financial website. 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 26 years’ experience in the investment, financial services, and enterprise software industry, and his expertise in finance.