Chair of the Board

William Kurtz has served as a director since August 2019. Mr. Kurtz is a senior financial and operations executive with over 30 years of experience operating as chief financial officer or chief operating officer at several private and public technology companies on the East Coast and in Silicon Valley. Since 2016, he has served as a member of the board of directors of Verint Systems Inc., a customer experience software SaaS company, and he currently serves as its lead independent director and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating & Governance Committee. Since May 2023, he has served as a member of the board of directors of Sportradar Group, AG, a data analytics and content provider to sports betting operators, and he currently serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Kurtz has served as the interim Chief Financial Officer of LightForce Orthodontics Inc since October 2024 and has served as a member of the board of directors of LightForce Orthodontics Inc since January 2024 and is chairman of its Audit Committee. Mr. Kurtz has served as the Chief Financial and Commercial Officer for Ripcord, Inc., since January 2021 and as its Chief Commercial Officer since April 2021, and served as its interim Chief Executive Officer from June 2021 through January 2022 while the company conducted a search for a chief executive officer. He is also a member of the Board of Ripcord Inc. Mr. Kurtz also served as a Strategic Advisor for Bloom Energy Corporation, a manufacturer of on-site power generation platforms, from January 2019 to January 2021 and previously served as its Chief Commercial Officer (from May 2015 to December 2018) and Chief Commercial & Financial Officer (from March 2008 to May 2015). Mr. Kurtz has also held several CFO or other senior finance and operations roles at a variety of organizations, including Novellus Systems, Inc. (from September 2005 to February 2008), Engenio Information Technologies, Inc. (from March 2004 to August 2005), 3PARdata, Inc. (from July 2001 to February 2004), Scient Corporation (from August 1998 to June 2001), AT&T Corporation (from July 1983 to July 1998) and Price Waterhouse & Co./Brout & Company (from June 1979 to July 1983). Mr. Kurtz also served as a member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of Violin Memory Inc. (from November 2014 to February 2017), PMC-Sierra, Inc. (from April 2003 to January 2016), AuraSound, Inc. (from August 2010 to April 2012), ONStor, Inc. (from January 2008 to July 2009) and Redback Networks Inc. (from October 1999 to January 2007). Mr. Kurtz holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from Rider University and a Master of Science in Management Sciences from Stanford University. We believe Mr. Kurtz is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his experience as chief financial officer and chief operating officer and his experience in private and public technology companies.

Director

Bari A. Harlam has served as a director since February 2020, and is a business leader, marketer, educator, and author. In February 2020, she co-founded Trouble LLC, a pro-social, experience brand. Ms. Harlam has served on the Boards of Directors of Eastern Bank since February 2014, OneWater Marine Inc. (Nasdaq: ONEW) since May 2020, Mattress Warehouse since February 2023, and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) from September 2020 through August 2024.Ms. Harlam currently serves as the chair of the Compensation Committee for OneWater Marine Inc., as the chair of the Trust, and a member of the Nominating & Governance, Innovation, and Charitable Foundation Committees of Eastern Bank, and a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee of Rite Aid until the end of her tenure in August 2024. From April 2018 to March 2020, she served as EVP, Chief Marketing Officer North America at Hudson’s Bay Company (TSX: HBC). Prior to her time at Hudson’s Bay Company, she was EVP, Membership, Marketing & Analytics at BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ) from July 2012 to December 2016. Before joining BJ’s Wholesale Club, she served as Chief Marketing Officer at Swipely, now called Upserve, from August 2011 to July 2012, and prior to that, she served as SVP, Marketing at CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) from 2000 to August 2011. Early in her career, she was a Professor at Columbia University from July 1989 to July 1992 and The University of Rhode Island from July 1992 to July 2000. In addition, she was an Adjunct Professor at The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania from January 2015 to May 2018. She received a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science, and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. We believe Ms. Harlam is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to her experience in the consumer packaged goods and retail industries as well as her expertise in marketing.

Director

Susan Lattmann has served as a director since February 2022. Ms. Lattmann currently serves on the board of directors of Superior Group of Companies (Nasdaq: SGC) since February 2024, Landsea Homes Corporation (Nasdaq: LSEA) since January 2025 (and from January 2022 to June 2023), and Farmer Focus, a private organic chicken company, since November 2021. She currently serves as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee of SGC, the chair of the Compensation Committee for LSEA and is also a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee, and the chair of the Audit Committee for Farmer Focus. Ms. Lattmann is currently the Chief Financial Officer for The Row, an international luxury apparel retailer, since July 2021. Previously, she worked for Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. from 1996 to 2019, where she held several roles, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. She began her professional career in 1990 with Arthur Andersen LLP. Ms. Lattmann received her Bachelor of Science degree with honors from Bucknell University and is a certified public accountant. We believe Ms. Lattmann is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to her extensive financial and business leadership experience in both public and private companies.

Chief Executive Officer
Arturo Rodriguez has served as Aterian’s Chief Executive Officer since June 2024. Mr. Rodriguez served as the Company’s Co-Chief Executive Officer from July 2023 to June 2024. He also served as the Company’s CFO from March 2021 to June 2024. From September 2017 to March 2021, Mr. Rodriguez was Senior Vice President of Finance at Aterian. Prior to Aterian, Mr. Rodriguez spent five years as Chief Accounting Officer and Global Controller for Piksel, Inc. and also held the role of Interim Chief Operating Officer in his last year. From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Rodriguez was with the Atari Group where he held several financial leadership roles, most notably Acting Chief Financial Officer of Atari, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAR) from 2007 to 2008 and Deputy CFO of Atari SA (Euronext: ATA) from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Rodriguez is a New York State CPA who holds a BBA in Accounting from Hofstra University.