Skillz Inc. announced that on January 5, 2024, Jason Roswig informed his decision to step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Roswig has served in this role since August 8, 2022. Mr. Roswig?s decision to step down was due to personal reasons and not as a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices.

Effective January 8, 2024 Gaetano Franceschi, 51, will serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Franceschi previously served as the Senior Vice President and Head of Finance of Compass from March 2023 until December 2023, where he also served as the Vice President and Head of Finance from May 2021 to February 2023. Prior to Compass, a real estate technology company, Mr. Franceschi served as the CFO of Amazon Games from August 2019 until April 2021, and served as the CFO of Amazon Web Services Data Center General Services from April 2017 to July 2019.

Prior to that, Mr. Franceschi served in a variety of positions at Citi from November 2011 to March 2017, including CFO of Corporate Real Estate, Global Head of FP&A Ops & Tech, and CFO of Global Re-engineering. Mr. Franceschi holds a Master?s in Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University.