Alpha Partners Technology Merger Corp. appointed Kanishka Roy as new CEO

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On December 28, 2023, Michael D. Ryan, Steve Brotman, Scott Grimes, John Rice, Marcie Vu and Tracy R. Wolstencroft resigned as members of the Board, and Matt Krna and Sean O'Brien resigned from their respective positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. There was no known disagreement with any of the Company's outgoing directors or officers on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices.


On January 2, 2024, the holders of the Company's Class B ordinary shares appointed Michael Dinsdale, Alan Black and David Sable to the Board of the Company. The Board has determined that each of Michael Dinsdale, Alan Black and David Sable is an "independent" director under Nasdaq rules and pursuant to Rule 10A-3 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). On January 3, 2024, the Board appointed Kanishka Roy as President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company.


Set forth below is certain information concerning each new director and officer.


Kanishka Roy. Mr. Roy, 48, is a technology and finance veteran, with over 20 years of experience as a technology investment banker, public company executive, and growth investor. From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Roy helped leading Software and Internet companies with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets transactions. Mr. Roy also served as the Global Head of Tech M&A Origination for Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for initiating large, industry-transforming mergers, helping clients take a long-term view of the competitive landscape and implementing winning M&A playbooks to maximize shareholder value. Since January 2021, Mr. Roy has served as President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director of Plum Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company traded on Nasdaq. Over his career, Mr. Roy has participated in over $100 billion of M&A transactions. Most recently, from 2019 to 2020, he was Global CFO at SmartNews, a multi-billion-dollar private AI company with over 20 million monthly average users, and led the strategic finance and growth of a rapidly growing company across multiple geographies. Mr. Roy started his career as a software engineer at two software startups, both of which were acquired by larger public companies, and also worked in executive strategy roles at IBM. Mr. Roy holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.


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Michael Dinsdale. Mr. Dinsdale, 51, has embodied the "modern unicorn" CFO for over 20 years, with strategic expertise in building high-growth international companies that consistently exceed growth targets. Mr. Dinsdale has successfully secured over $1 billion in financing and been part of great teams generating more than $100 billion in value. Most recently, since January of 2022, Mr. Dinsdale has served as the Chief Financial Officer, Co-Chief Executive Officer and director of Plum Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company traded on Nasdaq. Prior to his time at Plum, Mr. Dinsdale was the CFO for Gusto from 2017 to 2020 and prior to that was CFO at two generational, market leading software companies: DoorDash, from 2016 to 2017, and DocuSign, where he also served as Chief Growth Officer, from 2010 to 2016. In addition to his role at Plum, Mr. Dinsdale serves as a Venture Partner at Akkadian Ventures, a late-stage venture fund, and as a board member for private software companies. Mr. Dinsdale earned a BS in engineering from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from McMaster University. Mr. Dinsdale holds the CFA designation and competed with the Canadian National Sailing Team in the 1996 Olympic trials. He also serves on the Board of Directors for WildAid.


Alan Black. Mr. Black, 63, founded Surfspray Capital, LLC in 2017 through which he has advised over a dozen companies including Looker Data Sciences where he served on the Board and was Chair of the Audit Committee (acquired by Google in 2019); Bill.com Holdings (2019 IPO), HashiCorp (2021 IPO), and private software companies including Intercom, Komodo Health, Mattermost, Netlify, Nozomi Networks, and others. He brings more than 35 years of experience as an executive leading public and private software enterprises, including IPO experience as CFO at Zendesk (2014 IPO) and Openwave Systems (1999 IPO). In between those companies, Mr. Black was President and CEO of Intelliden (acquired by IBM in 2010). Mr. Black currently sits on the boards of Nextiva's, Matillion and Plum Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company traded on Nasdaq. He holds a Bachelors of Commerce and a Graduate Diploma in Public Accountancy degrees from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and serves on McGill's Board of Advisors for the Western United States, co-chairing its Bursary Subcommittee. Mr. Black is now retired from active membership in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (Canada) and Society of Certified Public Accountants (California), in which professional organizations he was a licensed member for over two decades.


David Sable. Mr. Sable, 70, has served as a director of SILVERspac Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, since September 2021. Mr. Sable is a Founding Partner of DoAble LLC, a marketing consultancy. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE: ETD) since November 2021 and of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) since October 2016. He served as a Senior Advisor to WPP plc. (NYSE: WPP) from January 2019 until March 2021. Previously he was Chairman of VMLY&R, a member of WPP plc., in 2019. Prior to this role, he had served as the Global Chief Executive Officer of Young and Rubicam LLC, until its subsequent merger with VMLY&R. Mr. Sable also served at Wunderman, Inc., a leading customer relationship manager and digital unit of WPP plc as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, from August 2000 to February 2011. Mr. Sable was previously a Founding Partner and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Genesis Direct, Inc. from June 1996 to September 2000. Mr. Sable serves on the U.S. Fund for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF's) National Board, is a past Chair of the Ad Council's board of directors, is an executive board member of the United Negro College Fund, and sits on the International Board of the Special Olympics. Mr. Sable attended New York University and Hunter College.


There is no family relationship between Messrs. Roy, Dinsdale, Black and Sable. Additionally, Messrs. Roy, Dinsdale, Black and Sable will not be compensated by the Company for their service as officers or directors. In connection with their appointment as officers or directors, Messrs. Roy, Dinsdale, Black and Sable entered into customary indemnification agreements with the Company.


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