Company Executives

$ASTC Management Team

Mr. Nihanth Badugu

Chief Operating Officer

Age 37

Compensation -

Sex Male

Mr. Thomas Pickens

Chairman of the Board

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Age 67

Compensation $1.327M USD

Sex Male

Mr. Scott Bartley

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Treasurer

Secretary

Age 56

Compensation -

Sex Male

Name / Title	Age	Compensation	Sex
Mr. Nihanth Badugu Chief Operating Officer	37	-	Male
Mr. Thomas Pickens Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Chief Technology Officer	67	$1.327M USD	Male
Mr. Scott Bartley Interim Chief Financial Officer Treasurer Secretary	56	-	Male

Board of Directors

From the proxy statement filed Oct 23, 2026

Directors

serving now

Independent

6 of 6

stated in the proxy; 1 not stated

Average tenure

11.0 years

from year joined

CEO also chairs the board

Yes

Thomas B. Pickens III

Director	Age	On board	Independent	Committees	Other public boards	2026 pay
Thomas B. Pickens III Board chair, CEO	68	2004 22 years	Not stated	None stated	None stated	Paid as CEO
Tom Wilkinson Lead independent director	55	2018 8 years	Independent	Compensation Committee · Chair Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee	None stated	$264,249
Robert McFarland	81	2023 3 years	Independent	Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee · Chair Audit Committee	None stated	$80,000
Eric Stober	47	Not stated	Independent	None stated	None stated	$84,250
John Halinski	66	Not stated	Independent	Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee Compensation Committee	None stated	$80,000
Charles Winn	68	Not stated	Independent	Audit Committee Compensation Committee Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee	None stated	$80,000
Matthew Kreps	49	Not stated	Independent	None stated	None stated	Not stated

Each director opens the passage of the proxy that names them. "Not stated" means the proxy does not say; it never means "no". Pay is the proxy's Director Compensation table; the CEO is paid as an executive.

1 disclosed in the proxy filed Oct 23, 2026

Jordan Dinwiddy

son-in-law of the Company’s CEO and Chairman, Mr. Pickens

$674,010

July 2024 through the date of this Proxy Statement

Software development services provided as an independent contractor under an ongoing arrangement; invoiced monthly based on hours worked.

With the Company Open in proxy

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Company Executives

$ASTC Management Team

Mr. Nihanth Badugu

Mr. Thomas Pickens

Mr. Scott Bartley

Board of Directors

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