CleanSpark, Inc. announced the appointments of Scott Garrison as chief operating officer and Taylor Monnig as chief technology officer. Garrison, previously SVP of growth, and Monnig, previously SVP of mining technology, have been critical in CleanSpark's remarkable growth. Garrison has led business development and construction of the Company's data centers, while Monnig has been instrumental in developing the programs and leading the teams behind the Company's uptime and miner performance.

During his tenure at CleanSpark, Garrison has led the Company's explosive growth in Georgia, developing and managing cross-functional teams to build the company's immersion-cooled data center in Norcross, GA, the 50 MW expansion in Washington, GA, and the recent 150 MW expansion in Sandersville, GA. Not limited to construction, Garrison has also played a key role in developing CleanSpark's relationships with the cities, counties, utility providers, local trades and community leaders that have contributed to CleanSpark's track record of success. Garrison will continue to oversee the Company's strategic growth initiatives as the company looks for additional accretive opportunities.

He will also be taking on the additional task of managing and supporting the teams behind the operations of CleanSpark's diverse portfolio of data centers. Before joining CleanSpark in October 2020, Garrison spent the prior three decades of his professional experience leading cross-functional teams. He founded Lin Third Quarter 60 and The Integration Center in Las Vegas, delivering technology solutions to businesses around the world. During that time, he partnered and consulted with renowned companies including HP, Verizon, Microsoft, and Samsung.

In a prior career, he achieved Class A status with the PGA of America. Scott has served on the Make-A-Wish Advisory Board Southern Nevada, Home Means Nevada for the State of Nevada, the UNLV Advisory Board to Guide the Small Business Development Center, and First Tee of Southern Nevada. Taylor Monnig ?

Chief Technology Officer Monnig has developed and led CleanSpark's mining operations teams and the technology that supports them. He's also led successful efforts to improve fleet efficiency through software and hardware upgrades, all while supporting a near perfect uptime at the Company's data centers. Mostly recently, Monnig led the development of a control and analytics room at the company's headquarters in Henderson, Nevada, which will be home to the core technology team and allow them to remotely monitor the Company's growing portfolio of data centers.

In his new role, Monnig will continue to develop the company's tech stack, leading the teams responsible for keeping CleanSpark on the cutting edge as it works toward its goal of running the most efficient fleet of bitcoin miners in the industry. These teams of engineers and developers will support the Company's operations teams with a focus on automation and uptime. Prior to CleanSpark, Monnig co-founded TMGCore and served as the chief operating officer.

In that role, he worked to develop and commercialize single phase and two-phase cooling technologies for high performance computing and bitcoin mining, which earned him a well-earned reputation for his deep expertise in immersion cooling. He holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication from Arizona State University.