Fortium Holdings Corp. announced that Mr. Jay Puchir, Ecoark's Chief Financial Officer, was appointed as Fortium's Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer. Effective July 28, 2022, Jay Puchir.

Mr. Puchir has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ecoark since April 12, 2022 and Treasurer of Ecoark since October 22, 2020. Mr. Puchir has also served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Banner Midstream Corp. since its formation in April 2018.

He previously was Chief Financial Officer of Agora Digital Holdings Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Ecoark (“Agora”) from September 2021 to April 2022. Mr. Puchir served in various roles as an executive at Ecoark including Director of Finance from December 2016 to March 2017, Chief Executive Officer from March 2017 to October 2017, Chief Financial Officer from October 2017 to May 2018 and Chief Accounting Officer from March 2020 to October 2020. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company (then named Banner Energy Services Corp.) from November 2019 to August 2020 and as Chairman of the Company from February 2020 to August 2020.

Mr. Puchir is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of South Carolina and holds a Master of Business Administration degree.