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Executive 1 Holding Company Welcomes Major General (Ret.) Jack J. Catton Jr. to Board of Advisors

EX1 Welcomes Major General (Ret.) Jack J. Catton Jr. to Board of Advisors

**McLean, VA, January 14, 2026** – Executive 1 Holding Company today announced that **Major General (Ret.) Jack J. Catton, Jr.** has joined its **Board of Advisors**.

Catton brings decades of operational and enterprise defense experience spanning requirements, modernization investment planning, operational test, and joint war planning. In the U.S. Air Force, he concluded his career as **Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command**, where he managed requirements and system capabilities, and drove operational evaluation of new and modified systems. He was also Chair of the **Combat Air Forces Requirements Oversight Council** for modernization investment planning.

“Major General Catton has sat exactly where DoW leaders sit—balancing mission outcomes, modernization agendas, and investment tradeoffs while prioritizing readiness,” said Moe Jafari, CEO of EX1. “His operational credibility and requirements expertise will be critical to maintaining relevance and excellence in our decision intelligence. CORAS customers rely onus to move faster, make complex decisions with data, leverage GARY LLM to optimize time and reduce toil, all while improving efficiency without sacrificing security or governance.”

Catton added, “Modernization is won or lost in the space between requirements, resources, and execution. CORAS is tackling that problem directly, bringing trusted data, decision structure, and secure agentic AI into the workflows where leaders make the calls that shape readiness.”

Across more than 31 years of service, Catton served as a command pilot and Fighter Weapons School instructor, commanded at squadron/group/wing levels, and held senior roles across the Air Staff, NATO Staff, and Joint Staff. His career also included command of the 53rd Wing, responsible for operational test and evaluation of Air Force combat aircraft and associated tactics, avionics, and electronic combat capabilities.

Following active duty, Catton served as Vice President for Air Force Systems at The Boeing Company, responsible for senior Air Force relationships and collaboration on requirements and capability needs, including program strategies and engagement to support full funding for major initiatives such asT-7A and F-15EX. He now leads Catton Consulting, advising innovative technology companies on effective collaboration with the U.S. Government.

About EX1 Holding Company: EX1 is a privately-owned firm that invests in AI/ML/NLP SaaS/PaaS. According to Gartner, government and private firms are forecasted to spend over $2.52 Trillion on AI products and services in 2026. EX1's current family of companies, Plasticity.ai, HumanTouch, LLC, and CORAS.ai, are positioned to lead in these technologies. Our strategic solutions and applications bring together innovators, experts, and data scientists in solving the government's business challenges. Our mission is to provide superior human interactions through service and technology that leverage cutting-edge platforms and applications to work smarter, faster, and achieve productivity gains. This growing family of companies proudly serves Defense and civilian Federal Agencies, and commercial organizations. www.executive1holding.com

Media Relations: Rebecca Churchill, Ph: 703-214-0076, v-rebecca.churchill@coras.ai

Alan Shelton 1/27/26 Alan Shelton 1/27/26

Vice Admiral (Ret.) Andrew J. Tiongson, U.S. Coast Guard, Joins Ex1 Holding Company Board of Advisors

Vice Admiral Andrew Tiongson Joins EX1 Board of Advisors

Retired three-star officer brings operational command, joint planning, and audit-proven resource stewardship to EX1 Family of Companies: CORAS.ai, HumanTouch, and Plasticity

McLean, VA, January 27, 2026 – Executive 1 Holding Company today announced that Vice Admiral (Ret.) Andrew J. Tiongson, U.S. Coast Guard, has joined its Board of Advisors. A retired three-star officer with over 36 years of leadership experience, Vice Adm. Tiongson most recently served as Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, responsible for Coast Guard operations spanning the Indo-Pacific, Arctic and Antarctic regions, and to the coast of eastern Africa, while concurrently serving as Commander, Defense Force West in support of the Department of Defense and Combatant Commanders. Tiongson will serve on the Board of Advisors for both CORAS.ai and HumanTouch, two companies managed by EX1, driving Agentic AI, decision intelligence, and digital modernization for defense and civilian federal agencies.

Vice Adm. Tiongson served for four decades in the U.S. Coast Guard and held senior leadership roles, including Director of Operations (J3) at U.S. Southern Command, Commander of the Northeast District, and Assistant Commandant for Resources and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the U.S. Coast Guard, where he oversaw a $12+ billion annual portfolio. As CFO, he helped drive enterprise accountability and achieved two consecutive clean, unqualified audit opinions- the first for any U.S. Armed Service.

left: Vice Admiral Andrew Tiongson (Ret.) U.S. Coast Guard

"Andy has led at the scale and complexity our customers operate in every day-where decisions must be made quickly, with accountability, across joint and interagency teams," said Moe Jafari, CEO of Executive 1. "His operational perspective, experience managing multi-billion dollar security budgets and audits, and strategic stewardship will be invaluable as we optimize agentic AI productivity, readiness, and decision intelligence across the Armed Forces."

"I'm honored to join EX1's Board of Advisors," said Tiongson. "In my experience, mission outcomes depend on a clarity-shared understanding of the operating environment, the resources available, and the trade-offs leaders must make. EX1 is focused on strengthening that decision advantage, and I look forward to supporting the team and its customers."

Throughout his career, Vice Adm. Tiongson served as a career cutterman with sea duty spanning five Coast Guard cutters and one U.S. Navy ship, including deployment in support of Operation Desert Storm as part of a Coast Guard-Navy exchange program. His afloat leadership included command of USCGC Nantucket (WPB 1316), USCGC Legare (WMEC 912), and USCGC James (WMSL 754), and he served as Executive Officer aboard USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913).

A 1989 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Vice Adm. Tiongson holds master's degrees from The George Washington University (Mechanical Engineering; Environmental and Energy Management) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S. in Engineering and Management). He has also completed executive training, including MIT: Leading Data and Artificial Intelligence, Harvard Law School: Executive Negotiation and Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School: Senior Executives in National and International Security, and DoD PINNACLE and CAPSTONE. Vice Adm. Tiongson currently serves as National Vice President (Coast Guard) for the Surface Navy Association and is a Member of the Board for First Command.

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EXECUTIVE ONE HOLDING COMPANY WELCOMES COMMANDER JOHN “OSCAR” MEIER (RET.), U.S. NAVY, TO JOIN BOARD OF ADVISORS

New Board Member John “Oscar” Meier brings his U.S. Navy mission and industry experience to EX1 Holding Company

McLean, VA, September 23, 2024 – Executive 1 Holding Company is pleased to announce the addition of John “OSCAR” Meier, a recently retired Commander of the Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT), who has spent over 35 years advancing and preserving the U.S. Navy’s mission and vision. EX1 manages a family of companies in cognitive AI, decision management, and government consulting: CORAS, Human Touch, Plasticity, and DocuGraph. Adding to an existing distinguished board that represents leaders from the defense, technology, and policy sectors, the EX1 advisory board brings significant experience, mentorship, and wisdom to inform and refine impactful, incisive delivery strategies for customer missions. Now more than ever, EX1 companies are focused on driving exponential modernization and digital transformation, logistics, global threat postures, and decision capabilities for federal civilian and defense agencies.

Moe Jafari, CEO of Executive 1 Holding, said “Time is a WEAPON that requires a constant cognitive navigation that experienced leaders have both awareness and empathy to apply. It is an honor and a call to action to have John Meier join our Board to drive our collective mission to support the warfighter and the federal workforce of guardians. His insights, expertise, and experience are pivotal to our decision management platform development, expanding our ability to scale and forge cognitive decision navigation and innovation into our customers' business.”

Throughout his years, John’s expertise in electronic attack, nuclear propulsion, and other traditional warfighting capabilities grew alongside his visionary leadership and desire to drive innovation and forward thinking to military operations. John’s most recent accomplishment, prior to retirement, was the AIRLANT’s Maintenance Operations Center (MOC), created to foster a data-driven environment to drive down maintenance costs and further increase mission-capable rates across naval aviation. In addition to AIRLANT, John also served in various leadership roles at the NAVY Warfare Development Command, Carrier Strike Group TEN, PCU USS Gerald R. Ford, Electronic Attack Squadron 136, and EA-6B/EA-18G/NGJ programs.

About EX1

EX1 is a private holding firm that invests in AI/ML/NLP and software-as-a-service (SaaS). EX1’s current investments in Plasticity, Inc., HumanTouch, LLC, CORAS (SaaS), and DocuGraph are positioned to lead in these technologies.

Consumers, businesses, and the federal government are embracing AI in the marketplace. According to Gartner, Government and private firms are forecasted to spend over $125 billion by 2025 on AI products and services. The EX1 family of companies finds solutions to complex business challenges, with ML, AI, and NLP becoming an increasingly significant part of that formula. Our strategic solutions and applications bring together innovators, experts, and data scientists in solving the federal Government’s business challenges. EX1’s mission is to provide superior human interactions and client support, using service and technology that leverages cutting-edge data science applications to work smarter. This growing family of companies serves the Department of Defense, civilian federal government agencies, and commercial organizations with pride. For more information, visit https://www.executive1holding.com/

Alan Shelton 1/31/23 Alan Shelton 1/31/23

Pat Zarodkiewicz Joins Executive 1 Holding Company Board of Advisors to Guide Value to Federal Government Decision Makers

Executive 1 Holding Company, LLC (EX1) is honored to announce Pat Zarodkiewicz, Former Senior Executive Service member and Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Will Advise CORAS and HumanTouch’s Expansion within the Defense and Federal Markets.

TYSONS, Va., February 1, 2023 –Executive 1 Holding Company (EX1) is proud to announce that Pat Zarodkiewicz, a retired Senior Executive Service (SES) member with nearly 34 years of experience in the Department of the Air Force (USAF) has joined its Board of Advisors. In her final USAF position as the Administrative Assistant (AA) to the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF), Ms. Zarodkiewicz provided advice to SAF and Chief of Staff on executive personnel and Headquarters management, led an organization responsible for over $5.6 billion annually, and supported 37,000 people. As the USAF’s Senior Security Official, she led the Air Force’s insider threat program, information, personnel, and industrial security policy, and provided oversight of Special Access Programs.

“My mission as Board Advisor is to bring my problem-solving perspective and ask the questions that decision-makers need to know,” Ms. Zarodkiewicz said. “My experience is helpful because I haven’t forgotten what that decision-making process feels like, and I can think and approach risk differently and present a balanced case for building stronger and more innovative integrations and solutions.”

“Executive 1 is honored to welcome Pat to our Board of Advisors. She shares our customer-centric, value-add vision providing solutions and software that are focused on mission outcomes,” said Moe Jafari, EX1 CEO. “Pat’s direct experience and insights, as a decision-maker, and working with other decision-makers across the Air Force, DoD, and federal-wide is paramount as our investment companies evolve. 2023 promises to be one of opportunity and mission advancement as we engage with leaders to provide best-in-class decision solutions and software to government leaders.”

In addition to EX1’s Advisory Board, Ms. Zarodkiewicz serves on the Board of Directors for several large and small businesses, as well as the Aerospace Corporation and is an advisor to the Defense Business Board. She remains committed to bringing her expertise and experience to organizations she recognizes as critical to the success of the DoD enterprise and the Intelligence Community.

Ms. Zarodkiewicz started with the Air Force as an intern and held increasingly responsible positions in financial management at base, MAJCOM, and in the Pentagon, culminating as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Financial Management & Comptroller. Her leadership was recognized with three Presidential Rank Awards and numerous other awards.

Pat Zarodkiewicz

About EX1

EX1 is a private holding firm that includes Plasticity, Inc., HumanTouch, LLC, CORAS (SaaS), and Docugraph. Continued EX1 investments in Ai/ML/NLP and software-as-a-service (SaaS) positions the company portfolio to lead in these technologies.

Consumers, businesses, and the federal government are embracing Ai in the marketplace. According to Gartner, Government and private firms are forecasted to spend over $125 billion by 2025 on AI products and services. The EX1 family of companies finds solutions to complex business challenges, with ML, Ai, and NLP becoming an increasingly significant part of that formula. Our strategic solutions and applications bring together innovators, experts, and data scientists in solving the federal government’s business challenges. EX1’s mission is to provide superior human interactions and client support, using service and technology that leverages cutting-edge data science applications to work smarter. This growing family of companies serves the Department of Defense, civilian federal government agencies, and commercial organizations with pride.

Alan Shelton 12/7/20 Alan Shelton 12/7/20

Executive 1 Holding Company Completes Acquisition of Plasticity, Inc., Furthering Investment in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing

Executive 1 Holding Company, a private holding firm that invests in HumanTouch, LLC and CORAS (SaaS) has acquired Plasticity AI. Plasticity is an industry leader in Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning.

TYSONS, Va., October 15, 2020: Executive 1 Holding Company, LLC (EX1) has closed on and acquired San Francisco-based Plasticity AI, an Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Machine Learning (ML) software services provider

EX1 is the holder of leading consulting and technology solutions companies collaborating with the Federal government, working at the forefront of organizational transformation using AI, ML, and NLP. With this acquisition, Plasticity’s industry-leading technology platforms will provide the EX1 family of companies with increased and cutting-edge capabilities in Enterprise decision analytics, predictive decisions, cost savings, accountability, efficiency, data transparency and advisory services.

EX1 CEO Moe Jafari said, “The Plasticity creative team will be actively involved in supporting our customers in the Federal government; increasing functionality and engineering efficient and incisive solutions to complex challenges.” He emphasized that Plasticity, Inc. will remain independent as a wholly owned subsidiary of EX1.

Plasticity’s data visualization capabilities provide Leaders with data trends and patterns that will help them make better decisions and create smoother transfers of knowledge. Plasticity’s software helps developers create human-like natural language interfaces. Combined with EX1’s existing resources, Plasticity software will provide value in leveraging unique market opportunities, opening the possibility of new contracts, and adding additional qualifications in the growing AI/ML/NLP market space.

Plasticity co-founder Ajay Patel said, “We’re excited to bring Plasticity’s natural language understanding technology and APIs to the EX1 family of companies. We’re impressed with the large number of federal, Department of Defense, and commercial customers EX1 serves and see an exciting opportunity to expand with them over these next few years.”