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THE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Founding Team

Diversity at heart

Diversity, Passion and Experience

A team is only as strong as its members and their collective experience. If they are similar, the team may make unnecessary mistakes and progress may be slower.

A highly diverse team with vastly different backgrounds is more powerful and flexible, leading to unpredictable and dramatic results.

OPEN ORIGIN INC

Wesley Powell CEO at Cloud Financial Corporation

Wesley J. Powell

Co-Chief Executive Officer

_{Wesley is a veteran management, process optimization and technology expert with experience in nearly every vertical as a result of over 25 years of entrepreneurship. He has founded multiple companies in distribution, AI, event production and industrial real estate development. He has an extensive clientele encompassing banking, manufacturing, automotive, telecommunication and government agencies. Wesley’s roles with Deutsche Bank, Verizon Wireless,Deloitte, Mycroft, The World Bank and Morgan Stanley, underscores his immense versatility and ability to lead Salinas Piros.}

John N. Campbell

Co-Chief Executive Officer

_{John’s professional career started with the founding of a property business that generated AU$35 million in three years. Transitioning to mining, John, a 40% owner, was instrumental in developing a mineral resource valued at AU$150 million. John has commercialized a variety of technologies, which led to establishing a development and financing service for technology and project developers. His expertise has contributed to projects valued at over US$3 billion in sectors such as renewable fuel, agriculture, aquaculture, mining and environment.}

Karl Gee

Chief Operations Officer

_{With over 40 years of experience in the energy sector, Karl is a seasoned entrepreneur, industry executive, and project manager with astute understanding of the industry. He excels in developing robust relationships and spear heads business development in energy conservation and management. Karl specializes in best-in-class renewable energy technologies, and is recognized as a subject matter expert. Karl is outstanding at developing risk mitigation strategies to protect large-scale energy projects from failure and financial loss.}

Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

Chief Purpose Officer

_{Indrani is a global human rights leader and lecturer at Princeton University. Her exceptional contributions
have earned recognition by the United Nations as a
Women’s Entrepreneurship Distinguished Fellow and a
Max Mark-Cranbrook Global Peacemaker. With a career spanning tech, disruptive innovation, sustainability, and social justice advocacy, she excels at mobilizing millions towards equality, diversity, and sustainability. Over two decades, she has developed impactful programs, and directed foundations worldwide.}

A. Jay Fossett

Chief Business Officer

_{Jay is a seasoned business and investment advisor, bringing 15 years of expertise in crafting investment and business strategies. His focus spans infrastructure, agriculture, and technology investments. He excels in investment staging
for sovereign entities, management structuring for early-stage tech and science firms, infrastructure project advisory, and guidance for emerging market investment funds. Jay actively participates in panels and working groups, and maintains strong relationships with key entities like the African Union, US and UK investment groups, World Bank, DFC, Swedfund, and the United Nations.}

Nathan Hart Tribal Relations and Investment Office at Cloud Financial Corporation

Nathan L. Hart

Chief Tribal Relations

_{Nathan has dedicated his career to enhancing tribal economies, collaborating with tribal Nations, state governments, and organizations committed to the progress of Indigenous peoples. His roles have focused on affordable housing, tribal economic advancement, education, and leadership development rooted
in Indigenous values-based community capacity-building. Nathan is an alumni of the Americans for Indian Opportunity leadership program, which champions the cultural, political,
and economic rights of Indigenous peoples.}

Jonathan Cheng

Chief Financial Officer - Asiapac

_{Jonathan has a MBA in finance from Northeastern University, and a BA in General Engineering from Harvey Mudd College. He is the founder of Breakwater Investment Group with 30 years of experience. Breakwater Investment Group is a Native-owned and operated Registered Investment Advisor helping indigenous communities protect their financial assets. He serves as CFO for Kamaka, Ltd a Maori owned renewable energy company based in New Zealand. Jonathan has served in the role of CFO for a number of early stage energy projects and project companies. The general engineering studies coupled with his finance background provide his prior work efforts with a strategic skill set.}

Neil Goldenberg

Chief Financial Officer

_{Neil has financial expertise as a CPA with over 35 years in CFO, assurance, and advisory roles. His focus has been
on building innovative finance teams, processes, and technology within emerging and scaling organizations.
With a background in public and private companies in
various industries, he has the experience with operations, planning, financial reporting, and building financial control and compliance to complex organizations and transactions.}

Michael Botello

Chief Strategy Officer

_{Mike brings 23 years of tech sector leadership focused on revenue growth and innovation. His skill set in crafting sales and marketing strategies as well as leading teams in their execution has delivered growth for both established firms and startups. As a strategist with an innovative mindset, Mike has built a career spanning many sectors in technology including software, consulting, advertising and internet services. His recent tenure in the AI-driven digital marketing space brings valuable expertise to Open Origin’s supercomputing division. With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, his strategy leadership will support the company’s broad range of divisions in creating enduring growth and market leadership.}

Ripley Jene Young

Director of Digital Products & Services

_{Ripley Jene Young is a humanity-centered technologist most known to translate complex concepts into simple ideas with an easy-to-grasp learning experience. Her background in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering opened the path to her career in the tech industry for over 20 years.
It was during her time with Apple that influenced a
customer-focused approach to products and services. This led to a MBA, and soon after, studying toward a doctorate in psychology. Ripley's unique skill to bridge her knowledge of emerging technologies with a deep passion for humanity, gives her the ability to see what the future holds.}

Kevin Brown

Chief Revenue Officer

_{Over his 30+ year history, Kevin has been a results-driven Sales Leader within disruptive and next-generation solutions. As the Chief Revenue Officer, he oversees the revenue generation from all channels (Super Compute, Green Energy and Transformation Bi-products). Kevin will also build and run all the strategic partnerships and the various direct sales teams, ensuring that all teams have the right support and processes to exceed their corporate revenue goals.Being accomplished in team building and mentoring skills, has contributed to Kevin building highly successful teams that have exceeded quota 90% of his career.}

Vedant Gaur

Chief Investor Relations Officer

_{Vedant is a seasoned leader known for fostering robust relationships and driving data-driven product innovation. As the Chief of Investor Relations & Investments at Open Origin, he excels in strategic financial planning and investor relations. His role at Ionixx Technologies has him spearheading the evolution of their OMS and leading post-trade redesigns, securing pivotal contracts in the FinTech sector. Beyond his corporate roles, Vedant's dedication to social causes is evident in his leadership at Saving Jane, combating human trafficking in India, and his impactful initiative "Covid Warriors - Supporting India." With significant experience at Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank and a diverse skill set, Vedant stands out as a transformative industry leader.}

Marlin Dean

Tribal Relations

_{Marlin possesses 25 years of commercial experience as a successful serial entrepreneur. He has an impressive track record of expanding globally recognized brands such as Anytime Fitness, Toyota, Vodafone, and Air New Zealand. Marlin also served on the World Indigenous Business Forum and played a key role in developing the commercial growth strategy for tribal post-treaty settlements valued at NZD $1.5 billion. His primary focus at Open Origin is on fostering strong relationships with indigenous communities to collaborate on large-scale carbon-neutral, eco-industrial parks in the Asia-Pacific region, with indigenous tribes as equity partners.}

Robert S. Goldstein

Senior Vice-President Director of Insurance

_{With fifty years of expertise in insurance and surety, Bob has founded, managed, and innovated within the insurance industry, working with industry giants Marsh& McLennan Capital and Goldman Sachs. Bob has built an extensive network and regularly shares his insights at renewable energy conferences, offering risk mitigation strategies to investors and developers. Bob's dedication to comprehensive risk management and protecting both investors and the public interest drives his successful career.}

INDEPENDENT
ADVISORY BOARD

MENKA SETHI

Independent Board Advisor

_{Menka Sethi advises organizations at the intersection of clean technology, land use, and community,and continues her advocacy to put in place policy and finance reform to scale new technologies that empower people and planet. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of The Sea Ranch Association and Sea Ranch Water Company.Recent roles Menka has held include Chief Business Officer at Juno, amass timber construction company looking to decarbonize the residential sector,and Chief Operating Officer at American Battery Technology Company, a lithium battery recycling company. Prior to these roles, she led Facebook’s $1Baffordable housing investments and corporate scaling strategies. Menka serves on the Board of Directors of Alta Housing, a non-profit affordable housing developer in Silicon Valley. She is a licensed architect and received her Bachelor of Architecture (1999) from Carnegie Mellon University and M.B.A (2005) from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Her most meaningful work is raising her two young sons.}

John DeWees

Independent Board Advisor

_{John has a three-decade career as an entrepreneur, investor, inventor, and technologist. He excels as a corporate advisor and is a board member and investor in numerous start-ups. John founded The Trust Creation to address core issues in leadership and sustainability.His extensive background spans cybersecurity, software development, investment banking and health. John has been instrumental in advancing renewable energy and bio fuels initiatives, cultivating strong global relationships with project stake holders and technology developers.}

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