Executive Officers

Dixon Doll, Jr., 56
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Dixon Doll, Jr. has served as our Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors since inception. Mr. Doll was founder and co-CEO of Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (“Roman DBDR I”) from August 2020 through April 2023. Mr. Doll guided Roman DBDR I through its successful business combination with CompoSecure (Nasdaq: CMPO), a leading payment cards company. Mr. Doll is a private investor in Silicon Valley acting as Managing Director at Longstreet Ventures, Inc., a Venture Seed Fund and Incubator since 2003. He has invested in numerous startups in the FinTech, media and sports industries. He is also a limited partner in Lightshed Ventures, an early-stage media and telecom venture fund based in New York and an investor in Venezia, FC and the Bay Area TGL sports team. Mr. Doll is also a limited partner in Avenue Sports Fund, a fund operated by Mark Lasry that invests in professional sports franchises. In addition, he is a limited partner in multiple DCM Funds since 2002. He is also a limited partner in Ten Eleven Ventures, a cybersecurity fund backed by KKR. He is an investor in Focus Ventures, a fund to funds firm that has invested directly in several of the top funds in Silicon Valley including TCV, Shasta, Sierra Venture, Founders Circle and Menlo Ventures. He is also a limited partner in Montage Capital, a debt equity fund, in Silicon Valley since 2012. Mr. Doll formerly served as the Chief Executive Officer and founder of DBM Cloud Systems, Inc. from January 2016 through its acquisition by Nasuni in May 2022. From July 2009 to January 2014, Mr. Doll served as the Chief Operating Officer and as a director of Violin Memory, Inc. which went public on the NYSE in 2013. He has also previously worked as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Corporate Development at FusionIO from February 2008 to February 2009 where he also invested in the seed stage. Fusion listed on the NYSE in 2011. He was Vice President of Corporate Development of NEON, a leading public middleware company from May 1998 to July 2001 when it was acquired by Sybase. He was Vice President of Corporate Development of Recourse Technologies from July 2001 to August 2002, and was a Business Development Manager at Oracle Alliances Division from September 1994 to May 1998. Mr. Doll received his BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School.

John C. Small, 54
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Small also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Roman DBDR I and currently is the Chief Financial Officer of AI Advertising, Inc. (OTC: AIAD) and BigWattDigital LLC, a privately-held Bitcoin miner. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Monsoon Blockchain Corporation from December 2019 until January 2022, the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Quanterra Capital Management LP from May 2019 until December 2020, the Chief Operating Officer of Diamond Standard from January 2021 to June 2021, the Senior Vice President of Finance for Tsunami XR from October 2016 to May 2019, the Chief Operating Officer of Mode Media from April 2016 to September 2016, and the Chief Financial Officer of Viggle, Inc. (Nasdaq: VGGL) from September 2012 to October 2015. Mr. Small joined GLG Partners in 2000 as a Senior Asset Manager responsible for Telecom, Media, Technology and Renewable Energy investments for the GLG North American Opportunity Fund and served as the President of the GLG North America office from April 2000 to August 2011. He worked as a Telecom and Media analyst at Ulysses Management from January 1997 to March 2000 and as a Telecom analyst at Odyssey Partners from March 1996 to January 1997. He also worked as an equity research analyst at Dillon Read (from January 1992 to September 1993) and Morgan Stanley (from October 1993 to February 1996). Mr. Small has previously served as a director of Loyalty Alliance, Inc., PayEase Ltd., INFINIA Corporation, ViSole Energy, Inc., New Millennium Solar Equipment Co, ShortList Media Ltd, DraftDay Inc., and Spinvox Ltd.

Dr. Donald G. Basile, 55
Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Donald G. Basile has served as our Chief Technology Officer since inception. Dr. Basile has served as an executive, investor or board member in Silicon Valley companies for over twenty years. Dr. Basile also served as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive for Roman DBDR I, from August 2020 through April 2023. Dr. Basile guided Roman DBDR I through its successful business combination with CompoSecure (Nasdaq: CMPO), a leading payment cards company. Dr. Basile has also served as an executive officer and director at Monsoon Blockchain Corporation since November 2019. Dr. Basile has been a board member of the Hudson Valley Fast Fab since May 2024, one of the companies working to onshore silicon manufacturing and sensor development to the United States. Dr. Basile has been an investor in Silicon Valley venture stage companies since 1999 through various private vehicles. Dr. Basile previously served as a director of Violin Memory, Inc. from April 2009 to January 2014 and as its Chief Executive Officer from April 2009 to December 2013. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of FusionIO from January 2008 to March 2009 and as its Chairman from July 2006 to March 2009. Dr. Basile previously worked at AT&T Bell Labs, IBM, United Health Group and Lenfest Group (acquired by Comcast) and served as Managing Director of Raza Foundries and Vice President of Raza Microelectonics (RMI).

Board of Directors

James Nelson, 75
Director Nominee

Since July 2021, Mr. Nelson has served as a director of Chewy, Inc. (NYSE: CHWY), an online retailer of pet food and other pet-related products, and is currently Chairman of its audit committee. Since March 2024, Mr. Nelson has been Senior Advisor to MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), a global gaming and entertainment company. Between July 2017 and March 2024, Mr. Nelson served as Chief Executive Officer of Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL), a real estate investment trust, and also served as a director between March 2017 and March 2024. From 2021 to 2023, Mr. Nelson served as a director of Xerox Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: XRX), a technology product and services company, and as its Chairman from 2022 to 2023. From March 2019 to October 2020, Mr. Nelson served as a director and member of the Audit Committee of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (Nasdaq: CZR), a hotel and casino entertainment company, and from April 2014 to January 2021, he was a director of Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (NYSE: HLF), a nutritional products retailer. Mr. Nelson also served as a director of multiple public and private companies including: Roman DBDR I from November 2020 to December 2021; Icahn Enterprises G.P., Inc., the general partner of Icahn Enterprises L.P., a diversified holding company (Nasdaq : IEP) from June 2001 to March 2019; New York REIT, Inc. from November 2015 to June 2017; and Voltari Corporation from June 2011 through September 2015.

James Nevels, 752
Director Nominee

Since January 2022, Mr. Nevels has served as the founder and Managing Partner of Unicorn Partners, a corporate governance advisory firm. Between November 2007 and May 2017, Mr. Nevels was the Chairman of The Hershey Company, a fast moving consumer product goods company. Previously, Mr. Nevels founded the Swarthmore Group, an investment advising company, and served as the Chairman of both the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. He also served as Chair and member of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and as a Trustee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Mr. Nevels received an undergraduate degree (A.B.) from Bucknell University, and a J.D. and MBA from The University of Pennsylvania Law School and The Wharton School (Graduate Division). We believe Mr. Nevels is well qualified to serve on our board due to his deep business knowledge and vast network of relationships.

Bryn Sherman, 56
Director Nominee

Since July 2009, Ms. Sherman has served as a Principal with Offit Kurman, where she is a member of the firm’s Leadership Council, Creditor Rights, Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice Group, Distressed Real Estate and the Real Estate Law and Transaction Practice Group. She has also served as a member of the board of directors of the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Foundation since November 2021. Ms. Sherman is a member of the Private Directors Association, the National Association of Corporate Directors, the American Bankruptcy Institute and Women in Real Estate. Ms. Sherman served as a board member of Alef Bet Montessori School, where she co-chaired the Development Committee, and Vision Solar, LLC between November 2021 and December 2023. Ms. Sherman received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. from the University of Miami.

Michael Woods, 56
Director Nominee

Since 2019, Mr. Woods has served as the President and Managing Member of Woods Capital, LLC, a global advisory firm focused on institutionally based financial structures and modeling, capital solutions and real estate development. He is also the President of the Hudson Valley Fast Fab Corporation, a silicon chip manufacturing technology hub since 2024, and the Co-Founder and Board Chair of rePlant Hemp Advisors, a venture capital firm focused on rural America investments, as well as a partner of Carbon Quest Solutions, an environmental credit advisory firm since 2022. Mr. Woods is also a member of the Board of Directors, and the Chair of the Finance Committee for the Business Council for International Understanding based in New York City and Washington, DC, since 2016, and a Board Member and Chair of the Development and Communications Committee of The Korea Society based in New York City since 2019. Mr. Woods is a member of both The Leadership Council and the Small Business Technology Council for the National Small Business Association (NSBA) in the U.S., and a member of the Global Executive Consultation Group of the Blue Dot Network, a division of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) based in Paris since 2023. Previously, Mr. Woods also served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Rothschild & Co. Asset Management U.S., Inc., the Chief Executive Officer of DWS Investments, and the head of the Americas, Global Client Group at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management between 2009 and 2018. Mr. Woods was also a director of Roman DBDR I between November 2020 and December 2021. Mr. Woods is a 2018 honoree of the “New York Responsible 100 Award” and a member within the “Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs Magazine” for 2023. Mr. Woods received a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University.