On October 11, 2020, Mitchell Saltz, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of VirTra, Inc. (the “Company”), passed away. On November 2, 2020, the Company appointed John F. Givens to serve as a member of the Board, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Saltz’s death. The Board also appointed Mr. Givens to serve as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Givens, age 56, brings to the Board over 20 years of experience as a board member, entrepreneur, and corporate executive with a unique track record of successfully selling and implementing large military simulation contracts worldwide. Currently, Mr. Givens serves as a military board advisor to Bohemia Interactive Simulations (“BISim”), a global developer of advanced military simulation and training software. VirTra’s Board of Directors is currently evaluating plans for succession and will provide updates as they materialize.
VirTra, Inc. is a provider of judgmental use of force training simulators and firearms training simulators for the law enforcement, military, and commercial markets. The Company's patented technologies, software, and scenarios provide intense training for de-escalation, judgmental use-of-force, marksmanship and related training that mimics real-world situations. Its firearms training simulator allows marksmanship and realistic scenario-based training to take place on a daily basis without the need for a shooting range, protective equipment, role players, safety officers, or a scenario-based training site. It has developed a range of simulation training including capabilities such as multiscreen, video-based scenarios, scenario authoring ability, superior training scenarios, the patented Threat-Fire shoot-back system, gas-powered simulated recoil weapons, and more. Its simulator products include V-300 Simulator, V-180 Simulator, V-100 Simulator & V-100 MIL, V-Author and others.