Executive 1 Holding Company 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
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