Company: CLSKW
Filing Date: 2025-01-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-007763
Chunk: 36

Company: CLEANSPARK, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-01-22
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 36
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59 |     | Chief Operating Officer                          |
| Taylor Monnig(2)     |     |  32 |     | Chief Technology Officer                         |

(1) Mr. Garrison was appointed as our Chief Operating Officer effective May 7, 2024.

(2) Mr. Monnig was appointed as our Chief Technology Officer effective May 7, 2024.

#### CleanSpark262025 Proxy Statement
Set forth below are brief descriptions of the background and business experience of our NEOs:

Zachary K. Bradford, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director. A description of Mr. Bradford’s background and business experience is provided under “Proposal No. 1 Election of Directors.”

Gary A. Vecchiarelli, Chief Financial Officer. He has served as CFO since joining the Company in December 2021, Gary brings more than two decades of experience across finance and accounting roles to CleanSpark. He has guided the Company through numerous acquisitions, equity capital raises, and strategic debt financings. Prior to CleanSpark, Gary held senior positions with multiple publicly traded, high-growth companies. Gary opened BDO USA LLP’s Las Vegas audit practice, where he served as Manager from 2008 through 2011, before leading finance operations for Galaxy Gaming, Inc. (OTC: GLXZ) from May 2012 through December 2016, and then at Golden Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: GDEN) starting on January 2017 through February 2019. He took the position of chief financial officer for Imatrex, Inc., a high-tech medical imaging solutions company from July 2019 to September 2021. His financial leadership has been instrumental in building CleanSpark’s strong balance sheet enabling it to become one of the largest corporate holders of bitcoin.

Mr. Vecchiarelli holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from California State University at San Jose. Mr. Vecchiarelli has been a licensed CPA since 2006 and has active licenses in the states of California and Nevada. In 2014, Mr. Vecchiarelli was named to the 2014 Class of Las Vegas’s “40 under 40” list of accomplished young professionals by VEGAS INC. magazine. Since 2014, Mr. Vecchiarelli has served on the board of directors for the Las Vegas Chapter of Financial Executives International and was President of the chapter from 2016-2017. Since 2018, Mr.