Company: ORBS
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-004802
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Company: Eightco Holdings Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 Foreman is the founder and Chief
Executive of Enventys, an integrated product design and engineering firm. Over the past 38 years Louis has created 10 successful start-ups
and has been directly responsible for the creation of over 20 others. In 2013, Mr. Foreman was appointed by the SBA Administrator to
serve on the National SBDC Advisory Board until the end of 2022. In 2008, Mr. Foreman was appointed by United States Secretary of Commerce
Carlos M. Gutierrez to serve for a three-year term on the nine-person Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) of the United States Patent
and Trademark Office. In 2011, he was appointed by Secretary Gary Locke to serve an additional three-year term. In addition to being
an inventor, Mr. Foreman was the creator of the Emmy® Award winning PBS TV show, Everyday Edisons, and served as the Executive
Producer and lead judge. Mr. Foreman currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of the James Dyson Foundation, the Intellectual
Property Owners Association (IPO), New Dominion Bank, The Federal Reserve Bank Industry Roundtable, Beyond Campus Innovations, Vinco
Ventures, Inc., and the Intellectual Property Owners Educational Foundation (IPOEF). Mr. Foreman has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics
from the University of Illinois. Mr. Foreman brings to Eightco significant experience with start-ups and knowledge of intellectual property
matters.

Mary
Ann Halford. Ms. Halford has served as a member of the board of directors since October 13, 2021. She is the Founder and Managing
Principal of Halford Media Advisory, which provides strategic, operational and investment advisory services to the media and entertainment
industry. From 2021 to 2023, she was a Partner in the Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (“TMT”) strategy consultancy
Altman Solon. She was a Senior Advisor to OC&C Strategy Consultants from December 2017 to December 2020. From March 2012 to April
2017, Ms. Halford was both a Managing Director and then a Senior Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s TMT Group working both in
NY and London. Ms. Halford built out the digital operations for ITN Networks from 2008 – 2009. In 2002, she co-founded the entity
that ultimately became North American Midway Entertainment, which today is largest midway operator in