Edge Total Intelligence Appoints Jaci Tomek as Chief Business Officer

Arlington, Virginia--(October 20, 2026) - Edge Total Intelligence Inc. (TSXV: CTRL) (OTCQB: UNFYF) (FSE: Q5I) ("edgeTI" or the "Company"), a defense-technology company providing operational intelligence software and Solutions, today announced the appointment of Jaci Tomek as Chief Business Officer, effective October 19, 2026

In this role, Ms. Tomek will lead the Company's go-to-market organization, including sales, business development, marketing and strategic partnerships, as the next step in the restructuring of edgeTI's go-to-market strategy and sales operations announced on October 7, 2026. Working closely with edgeTI's executive leadership team, she will expand federal, defense and commercial market opportunities and accelerate adoption of the Company's edgeCore™ platform across military branches, joint and allied forces, and the maritime, manufacturing and critical-infrastructure supply chains behind them. Her activity will extend to newly launched products, modules and solutions as they are announced and become available.

A central part of Ms. Tomek's mandate is building out edgeTI's solutions capability around each critical loop. This includes reinvigorating the Company's professional services so that integration and configuration bring a named operation onto the loop in weeks; strengthening the integrator, reseller and technology partners who help replicate loops across yards, fleets, plants and allied programs; and adapting the Company's commercial models to the many ways defense and commercial customers want to license software and contract for services.

"Jaci brings a strong combination of technology sales leadership, federal market expertise and a proven record of building high-performing revenue organizations," said Jason Nichols, Chief Executive Officer of edgeTI. "As I wrote in my recent letter to shareholders, moving into a new branch or a new industry takes more than a sales team. Her experience building partner channels, solutions teams and public-sector businesses from inception will help us execute our growth strategy. Our customers want flexibility in how they buy and deploy edgeCore: directly, through partners, and as a complete solution with services. Jaci is the right leader to make each of those paths work."

Ms. Tomek brings more than 25 years of technology sales and executive leadership experience, serving enterprise and government customers in the United States and internationally. Her expertise spans cybersecurity, federal and defense markets, go-to-market strategy and revenue operations. Throughout her career, she has built sales organizations, channel programs and revenue infrastructure, helping technology companies secure new customers and expand market presence.

Previously, Ms. Tomek served as Chief Revenue Officer at Andesite AI, where she developed the company's go-to-market strategy and infrastructure. She also led the U.S. Public Sector Cortex team at Palo Alto Networks, where her team secured a nine-figure record-setting deal. She built Aerospike's public sector business from inception and led U.S. Public Sector at RSA following its acquisition of NetWitness in 2011 where she delivered a three-year compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 86%. She has also held senior roles at LookingGlass, now ZeroFox, and Symantec, and advised Dragos, Wickr and Phantom Cyber.

Ms. Tomek is a Founding Partner of Elano and founded TomahawX Technologies in 2017. She serves as a board advisor and early-stage investor, supporting emerging technology companies with go-to-market strategy, sales development and market expansion. She served as a director of edgeTI from May 2023 until the Company's annual general and special meeting on September 25, 2026, at which she did not stand for re-election.

"Customers need a clear path from evaluating technology to putting it to work," said Ms. Tomek. "edgeCore can help them coordinate data, people, systems and AI across the technologies they already use. My priority is to strengthen the solutions, services and partnerships that help customers deploy them, with purchasing and contracting options that fit their needs."

Ms. Tomek's appointment establishes the leadership of edgeTI's restructured go-to-market organization as the Company advances its growth strategy across defense technology and other mission-critical markets.

About Edge Total Intelligence Inc.

Edge Total Intelligence Inc. (edgeTI) is a defense-technology company focused on actively mitigating the consequences of inaction and poor decisions in critical operations. Its edgeCore™ platform reaches data where it already lives, without moving it or taking custody of it, reshaping the data into governed operational context. It then coordinates the people, systems and AI models acting in context - arbitrating, bounding, monitoring and recording every decision on the loop. edgeTI's applications, process logic and data ontology serve military branches, joint and allied forces, and the maritime, manufacturing and critical-infrastructure supply chains behind them. edgeTI is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

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Source: Edge Total Intelligence Inc.