Casa Systems, Inc. announced that On December 21, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company voted to increase the size of the Board from eight to nine directors and, on December 27, 2023 (, appointed Harvey L. Tepner to fill the newly created vacancy, effective immediately. Mr. Tepner was designated as a Class II director in accordance with the Company?s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws to serve a term expiring at the Company?s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Mr. Tepner has not yet been appointed to any committee of the Board.

Harvey L. Tepner, age 67, is an independent corporate director, strategic advisor, restructuring expert, and private investor. He is a former senior executive of WL Ross & Co., an alternative asset manager and private equity firm, and was a general partner of the WL Ross private equity funds. Prior to WL Ross, Mr. Tepner spent more than 20 years as an investment banker at Rothschild & Co., Dillon, Read & Co., Loeb Partners and Compass Advisors.

He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toronto. Mr. Tepner has a B.A. from Carleton University, an MBA from Cornell University, and is a Chartered Accountant/CPA (Canada). Mr. Tepner serves on the board of Bird Global, Inc. and several other private companies.

Over the preceding five years, Mr. Tepner has served on the boards of several public and private companies including Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc., Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Contura Energy Inc., Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc., Exide Holdings, Inc., Nine West Holdings, Inc., and Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC.