OUR TEAM

Our management team has significant operational experience working as executives and advisors in the financial technologies industry, particularly in the FinTech payments ecosystem. Our management team consists of seasoned leaders that have years of experience identifying and capitalizing on emerging technological and secular trends across the financial technologies industry, building and scaling high growth FinTech companies, a history of value creation in C-level operating roles in public companies, and delivering operational strategies designed to improve businesses over the long-term. Our management team is experienced in a variety of delivery models, including direct-to-consumer and business-to-business services as well as scalable networks, consumer engagement services, open platform technologies and robust ecosystems. Our management team is also well-versed in the regulatory and quasi-regulatory landscape that directly and indirectly impacts the financial technologies industry. In addition, our management team has significant transaction experience having executed and integrated numerous transactions in the financial technologies industry as operators and advisors. 

Executive Leadership & Directors

Stephen Herbert

Stephen P. Herbert

Chairman, CEO

▪ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Armada Acquisition Corp. I from inception until its completion of its business combination with Rezolve in August 2024
▪ Global, B2B Chairman CEO/Innovator/Investor within the SaaS, FinTech and Generative AI sectors
▪ Director, Chairman & CEO, USA Technologies, Inc. (now Cantaloupe, Inc., NASDAQ: CTLP), a leading integrated payments company
▪ Ten years at PepsiCo, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEP), held positions in market strategy, operations, sales and marketing
▪ While at PepsiCo, developed worldwide sales process for all front-line sales in the United States and deployed worldwide
▪ Recognized by Smart CEO, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, Frost and Sullivan for Innovation in Retail, IoT Evolution Smart Machines Innovation, and Deloitte Fast 500 Company
▪ Bachelor of Science, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies - Louisiana State University

Doug Lurio

Douglas M. Lurio

President and Director

▪ President and Director of Armada Acquisition Corp. I from inception until itscompletion of its business combination with Rezolve in August 2024
▪ General Counsel of USA Technologies, Inc. (now Cantaloupe, Inc., NASDAQ: CTLP), a leading integrated payments company, for 29 years from start-up founding in 1991 until April 2020
▪ Served as USAT Director from 1999 to 2012 and as corporate Secretary from 2012 to April 2020
▪ Former securities and corporate law partner of Dilworth Paxson law firm. Founder and current President of Lurio & Associates, P.C. law firm
▪ Counsel and Director of Moro Corporation (OTCQX: MRCR) for 20 years from startup founding in 1999 until July 2019
▪ Director and corporate Secretary of Elbeco Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of career apparel and uniforms for first responders from 1989 through February 2022
▪ Attended Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., Government), Villanova Law School (Juris Doctor) and Temple Law School (LLM, Taxation)

Mohammad Khan

Mohammad A. Khan

Director

▪ Director of Armada Acquisition Corp. I from August 2021 (date of IPO) until its completion of its business combination with Rezolve in August 2024
▪ President, founder, and Board member of Pak Angels, a facilitation platform for early-stage startups
▪ Currently co-founder and a Board member of Omnyway, Inc. which provides digital wallet payment systems
▪ President, founder, and Board member of VIVOtech (sold in 2012). Pioneered making a mobile device a viable payment media for consumers
▪ From 1984 until 1998, he was part of the industry team at VeriFone (acquired by Hewlett Packard in 1997 for $1.2 bn) that made magnetic stripe cards and smart cards accepted as payment media globally
▪ Board advisor of Poynt Co. from February 2014 until January 2021, acquired by GoDaddy, and served as Chairman of the Board of YellowPepper from June 2015 until September 2018, acquired by Visa

Tad Decker

Thomas (Tad) A. Decker

Director

▪ Director of Armada Acquisition Corp. I from August 2021 (date of IPO) until its completion of its business combination with Rezolve in August 2024
▪ Vice Chairman of Cozen O’Connor, a leading law firm with over 30 offices and over 775 attorneys, formerly acted as CEO and Managing Partner
▪ From 2004 until 2007 served as inaugural Chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, following the appointment by Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell
▪ General Counsel and Executive Vice President for both Asbury Automotive, Inc. from 1999 to 2000 and Unisource Worldwide (NYSE:UWW) from 1997 to 1999
▪ Since 2004 and through April 2019 served on the Board of Directors of Actua Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTA)
▪ Served as a Director of Pierce Leahy Corporation (NYSE:PLH) from 1993 to 1999

Celso White

Celso L. White

Director

▪ Director of Armada Acquisition Corp. I from August 2021 (date of IPO) until its completion of its business combination with Rezolve in August 2024
▪ Since 2018 has served on the Board of Directors of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF)
▪ From 2013 to December 2019, served as Global Chief Supply Chain Officer at Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP)
▪ From 2010 to January 2013, he was Vice President of International Supply Chain at Molson Coors
▪ From 1998 to 2010, he was at Pepsi Cola (Nasdaq: PEP), including as Vice President and General Manager of Concentrate Operations from 2004 to 2010
▪ Served in various senior operational roles at Silgan White Corp., M&M/Mars, and Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB)

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