01/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/10/2025 15:42
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On January 9, 2025, the Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Mr. Claude Zdanow from his position as President of Reliant Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), effective as of December 2, 2024. Mr. Zdanow shall remain in his positions as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company.
Effective on December 2, 2024, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Christopher Becker as President of the Company.
On December 1, 2024, the Board of Directors appointed Ms. Patricia Kaelin, CPA, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Mr. Zdanow has reviewed this filing and have submitted no additional comment.
Biographical Information
Mr. Christopher Becker joins the Company as President with over 7 years of experience in strategic leadership. Mr. Becker was previously the President of Integrum Group, LLC., now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company beginning in January 2023, where he was responsible for strategic leadership, operational oversight, managing mergers and acquisitions, agency support and development, stakeholder management, and team leadership and development. Prior to that, Mr. Becker worked at various companies specializing in managing mergers and acquisitions, consulting on digital marketing, and developing and growing company goals and revenues. He has a Bachelor of Science in Communications Disorders from Eastern Kentucky University.
Ms. Patricia Kaelin is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and has a proven track record as a CFO of public and private companies. She graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. Ms. Kaelin went on to spend seven years in Public Accounting and obtained her CPA certificate. She has more than 25 years of experience on executive teams, growing companies profitably as the leader of financial management, strategic planning and financial reporting. She has served as CFO for a number of large privately held companies, including a company with over $1B in revenue. Ms. Kaelin also has expertise in global companies, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, capital markets and debt financing.
Litigation
During the past ten years, neither Mr. Becker nor Ms. Kaelin have been the subject of the following events:
1. A petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;
2. Convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
3. The subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities;
i) Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;
ii) Engaging in any type of business practice; or
iii) Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities laws;
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4. The subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in paragraph 3.i in the preceding paragraph or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
5. Was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission to have violated any Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;
6. Was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;
7. Was the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of:
i) Any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; or
ii) Any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or
iii) Any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
8. Was the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
Material Plans, Contracts or Other Arrangements
There are currently no material plans, contracts, or other arrangements with the new appointees.