Biography

Nikul Patel has served on our Board of Directors since April 2025. Since November 2019, Mr. Patel has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors of LoanGlide, Inc., an embedded financing platform for personal loans that he co-founded. Prior to this, Mr. Patel held a variety of leadership roles at LendingTree, Inc., from June 2012 to February 2019, including serving as Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Product Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Product. From 2012 to 2019, he served in a variety of roles at Intel Corporation. Previously, Mr. Patel also held leadership roles, including President, Products at Bills.com, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer and Vice President at predecessor company Home-Account, Inc., together from 2009 to 2012. In 2003, he co-founded Movoto.com, an online real estate search platform. Mr. Patel has served on the Board of Directors for Data Axle, Inc. since July 2019, for Skyline Champion Homes since July 2022, and for GetAround, Inc. since May 2024. Mr. Patel holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Gujarat University, a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Florida Atlantic University, and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a Directorship Certification from National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and a CyberRisk Oversight Program Certification from NACD in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University.

We believe Mr. Patel’s expertise in consumer finance, technology and cybersecurity, as well as in corporate governance and business operations, qualifies him to serve on our Board of Directors.