SideChannel, Inc. announced that it has completed an expansion of its Board of Directors from four members to six. Brian Haugli, SideChannel's new Chief Executive Officer, and Hugh Regan, Jr., who is considered an independent director under NASDAQ rules, were appointed to fill two new vacancies, following a stockholder notification during July 2022. Mr. Regan recently retired from his role as Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of inTEST Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer of capital equipment used in the semiconductor industry and other markets.

He currently works as a private consultant to businesses, assisting them with various strategic issues. Mr. Regan served in his roles at inTEST for over 25 years, from April 1996 until June 2021. From 1985 to April 1996, Mr. Regan served in various financial capacities for Value Property Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, including as Vice President of Finance from 1989 to September 1995, and as Chief Financial Officer from September 1995 to April 1996.

Mr. Regan qualifies as an independent member of SideChannel's Board of Directors, and will serve as the Chair of the Board's Audit Committee. Since September 2017, Mr. Haugli has served as the chief executive officer of SideChannel, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, prior to its acquisition by SideChannel. Since October 2020, Mr. Haugli has also been the founder of RealCISO, a cybersecurity risk assessment SaaS platform.

Mr. Haugli was an Adjunct Professor at Boston College from June 2020 through January 2022, an advisor to Zscaler from September 2019 to August 2020, and worked for the Hanover Group from May 2015 to April 2019, most recently as Vice President and Chief Security Officer. Mr. Haugli and Mr. Regan joined Tom Wilkinson, Anthony Ambrose, Deborah MacConnel, and Kevin Powers on SideChannel's Board of Directors. Mr. Wilkinson is the Board's Chair and Mr. Ambrose is the Board's lead independent director.

After the addition of Mr. Haugli and Mr. Regan, four of the six SideChannel directors are considered independent.