LAITH YALDOO, STRATEGIC PARTNER

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Laith Yaldoo is a highly successful entrepreneur who has spent the last 25 years serving as a trusted advisor, investor and executive. Today, he focuses his efforts on investing in and growing potentially disruptive businesses. He has led several ventures, including their formations, management, funding, operations, identifying and contracting with strategic partners and dispositions in various industries, including electronic payments, telecommunication, retail, biotech, healthcare and back-office management. Examples of his investments include: ZIVO Bioscience, Inc. (OTCMKTS: ZIVO), a biotechnology and agriscience company; a leading wireless retail dealer; Pure Spirits Brands, a specialty spirits company; and John Paul Home Care, a home healthcare business.

Laith began his career as a practicing attorney from 1993 to 2002. He was a partner at Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C., one of Michigan’s largest and premier law firms. Mr. Yaldoo practiced corporate, transaction, banking and real estate law and represented a wide variety of national and local entrepreneurs, closely-held businesses, lending institutions, tenants and landlords.

After Jaffe, Laith founded a credit card processing Independent Sales Organization (“ISO”), National Processing Services LLC (“NPS”). After merging NPS with CardConnect, Laith helped lead sales and drive significant revenue and EBITDA growth resulting in an IPO on NASDAQ in 2016 and an eventual acquisition by First Data. CardConnect now is operating the ISO business of First Data and continues to grow its technology platform. Laith remains National Director of ISO Sales for CardConnect.

Mr. Yaldoo graduated from Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan in 1993, J.D., cum laude. He earned his Bachelor in Business Administration in 1990 (in Professional Accounting) from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Michigan: where he graduated with Honorable Distinction.