On February 9, 2021, upon the recommendation of Aware’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Aware’s Board of Directors appointed Gary Evee as a Class I Director and to serve as a member of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Evee is the founder and chief executive officer of Evee Consulting Group. He has over 25 years of information technology experience, most recently serving in IBM’s Cybersecurity Business Unit, where he led worldwide sales, business development and go market functions for IBM’s mobile and financial services cybersecurity solutions. Before this, he was the Executive chief of staff for the general manager of IBM Security.