Announcement • Jul 01
Z Squared Inc. Announces Appointment of Jeffrey Harris as Chief Technology Officer, Effective June 24, 2026
On June 24, 2026, the Board of Directors of Z Squared Inc. (the Company) appointed Jeffery Harris as Chief Technology Officer of the Company, effective June 24, 2026 (the Effective Date). Mr. Jeffery Harris, age 39, was appointed to serve as the Company's Chief Technology Officer, effective June 24, 2026. Mr. Harris has served as Chief Technology Officer of Paradox Data LLC, a digital infrastructure company, since May 2025, leading the design and deployment of high-density, immersion-cooled digital infrastructure for data-intensive workloads across the United States, including technical strategy and platform architecture. From April 2022 to May 2025, Mr. Harris served as Chief Executive Officer of Paradox Infrastructure, an infrastructure and technology development company, where he directed company strategy and operations, including firmware integration for compute platforms, immersion cooling systems, and blockchain infrastructure development. From April 2020 to December 2021, Mr. Harris served as Chief Executive Officer of Xero Labs, a firmware and fleet-management company for cryptocurrency mining hardware, where he developed standardized firmware baselines, configuration policies, and upgrade paths for multi-vendor mining hardware fleets. Earlier in his career, Mr. Harris's technical foundation was established through his study of electronics engineering and cryptography engineering at the United States Military Aviation Institute from 2005 to 2009, and his early technical work involved aerospace electronics supporting United States military applications and served in the U.S. Navy’s Micro-Miniature Electronics program. Mr. Harris does not currently serve, and has not during the past five years served, as a director of any company with a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) thereof, or of any registered investment company. He is also continuing his formal technical education in data analytics and cryptography through Cornell University, reinforcing his focus on secure, data driven, and scalable infrastructure for AI, blockchain, and other compute intensive applications. The appointment of Mr. Harris as Chief Technology Officer of the Company was approved by the Company's Board of Directors.