Applied Digital Corporation announced the promotion of Michael Maniscalco from Executive Vice President of Technology to Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”) effective July 5, 2023. Maniscalco had served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Technology since September 2021. In his new role as CTO, Maniscalco will lead Applied Digital’s advancements in supporting the demanding technical requirements for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and services, including large language model training and graphics rendering.

Maniscalco joined Applied Digital with a deep technological acumen he built throughout his many years of entrepreneurism and network engineering leadership. Prior to joining Applied Digital, Mike founded multiple startups and held software and network engineering positions for Fortune 500 companies within the AI, IoT, financial, telecommunications, blockchain and healthcare industries.