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Mr. Foster was appointed our Chief Executive Officer and elected to our Board in January 2020. Mr. Foster previously held the positions of President of Lifeboat Distribution, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, from July 2019 to January 2020 and Executive Vice President of the Company from January 2018 to July 2019. Mr. Foster served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Promark Technology Inc. (Promark), which operated as a subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc. From November 2012 until January 2018. From 1997 until Promark was acquired by Ingram Micro Inc. in 2012, Mr. Foster served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Promark, a value-added distributor with the core focus of distributing emerging data storage and virtualization solutions. Mr. Foster is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor's of Technology in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Foster also holds an Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering from Alfred State College.

Charles Bass was appointed Chief Alliances Officer in January 2025 after having served as Chief Marketing Officer from December 2020 to January 2025 and Vice President of Alliances and Marketing at Climb Channel Solutions (formerly Lifeboat Distribution) since January 2018. Prior to joining Lifeboat Distribution, he was the Vice President of Channel Sales at Blue Medora, an IT monitoring and integration company, from October 2016 to December 2017. Mr. Bass was the Vice President of Channel Sales at Tegile Systems, a high growth storage start-up that was acquired by Western Digital, from July 2015 to October 2016. Before joining Tegile Systems, he served as Promark Technology's Vice President of Vendor Alliances and Marketing from November 2010 to July 2015. He joined the board of directors of Promark Technology in 2012 and was part of the management team that successfully executed Promark Technology's acquisition by Ingram Micro in the fourth quarter of 2012. He also has experience at Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and LeftHand Networks where he was responsible for channel sales in North America for StorageWorks and LeftHand Networks products respectively. Prior to Hewlett Packard and LeftHand Networks, he held various sales leadership positions at Brocade Communications Systems, McDATA Corporation, and IBM. Mr. Bass received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee.

Matthew Sullivan was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2025. Mr. Sullivan joined the Company in January 2019 and served as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer from February 2022 to January 2025. Mr. Sullivan served as Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company from March 2020 to February 2022, and as Director of Financial Reporting from January 2019 to March 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sullivan was Director of Accounting at Jackson Hewitt from November 2016 to January 2019. Prior to joining Jackson Hewitt, Mr. Sullivan began his professional career in public accounting, including five years with BDO USA. Mr. Sullivan received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Kutztown University.

Timothy Popovich was appointed Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in February 2024. Mr. Popovich has held various leadership positions at Climb Channel Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Climb Channel), since first joining in October 2003. Mr. Popovich has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Climb Channel since August 2023. Prior to August 2023, Mr. Popovich served as President North America from June 2022, Executive Vice President Sales and Operations from January 2021 to May 2022, and Vice President of Sales North America from January 2019 to December 2020. Mr. Popovich holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Wilkes University, and a Professional Certificate in Sales Management from Rutgers University.

Mr. McCarthy has served as a director of the Company since June 2019, and as Board Chair since January 2025. Mr. McCarthy most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mainline Information Systems, a nationally recognized technology solution provider, from April 2009 to May 2022. Mr. McCarthy previously held executive management positions with EMC, StorageApps, CNT, MCData and Virtual Iron. Mr. McCarthy served as a member of the board of directors of Nasuni Corporation until November 2019, and currently serves as a member of the Board for Buchanan Technologies and RedJet Entertainment, and a member of the Board of Trustees for Providence College. Mr. McCarthy received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Providence College.

Mr. Bryant has served as a director of the Company since July 2019. Mr. Bryant spent most of his career at Arrow Electronics, Inc. and Avnet, Inc., both Fortune 500 companies focused on supply chain services for electronic components and enterprise computing solutions globally. From April 2008 until his retirement in May 2016, Mr. Bryant held executive management positions with Arrow Electronics, Inc. Mr. Bryant was named President of the company's Enterprise Computing Solutions business in 2008 and specified as an executive officer of the corporation. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of the company from May 2014 to May 2016. Prior to his tenure at Arrow, he served as President of Avnet's global operating groups and as a Senior Vice President of Avnet, Inc. He was specified as a corporate officer of Avnet in 1996 and became an executive officer in 1999. Mr. Bryant received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Maryland.

Mr. Giovacchini has served as a director of the Company since April 2025. Mr. Giovacchini currently serves as the Lead Independent Director of TPI Composites, Inc. (TPI), a global manufacturer of wind blades, having served in this role since May 2020. Mr. Giovacchini previously served as Chairman of TPI's board of directors from October 2006 to May 2020. Mr. Giovacchini is currently an independent consulting advisor to Advantage Capital Management Corporation, executing and managing private equity and debt investments, serving in this role since October 2021. He is also an independent consulting advisor to Ares Management LLC (Ares), liquidating private equity investments since January 2023. He previously served as an independent consulting advisor to Landmark Partners, Inc. (Landmark), also managing and liquidating private equity investments from April 2014 to January 2023, until Ares' acquisition of Landmark. Prior to April 2014, he served as a Principal of Landmark since 2005. Mr. Giovacchini is also a director of TS-Polder Holdings, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of consumer home goods; Medefy Health Inc., a healthcare benefits navigation, mobile platform and cost containment provider; and Exum Instruments Inc., a provider of innovative user-friendly next generation instruments for analytical chemistry. Mr. Giovacchini holds an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

On June 23, 2026, the Board of Directors of Climb Global Solutions, Inc. elected Peter Bell to the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Bell brings over 35 years of experience in venture capital, technology operations and strategic advisory roles across public and private companies. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Amity Ventures and as a General Partner at SSC Venture Partners, a firm dedicated to backing the Boston College innovation ecosystem. Early in his career, Mr. Bell co-founded StorageNetworks, a pioneer in cloud computing, and led the company through its initial public offering as Chief Executive Officer. He subsequently joined Highland Capital Partners, where he served as Managing General Partner of the $4 billion global firm and partnered early with founders across sectors including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital health. He has since held multiple board seats across public and private technology companies, advising leadership teams on growth strategy, operations and value creation. Mr. Bell holds a B.S. from Boston College, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and an Honorary Doctorate from Babson College.