Executive Team

Christopher Ensey has served as Chief Executive Officer of Alignment Engine, Inc. since June 2023, where he leads initiatives in AI/HPC datacenter design and GPU interconnect hardware, guiding company strategy, fundraising and market positioning. He has served as a director and Audit Committee member of Datacentrex, Inc. (ticker DTCX), a publicly reporting blockchain and AI technology company, since October 2025, when he joined the board of its predecessor Thumzup Media Corporation (ticker TZUP), continuing as a director after the company became Datacentrex, Inc. in December 2025. From June 2021 to January 2024, Mr. Ensey served as Chief Technical Advisor to Gryphon Digital Mining, Inc. (now American Bitcoin Corp., NASDAQ: ABTC). From 2021 to 2023, he was Founding Partner and Chief Technology Officer of Gulp Data, an AI-driven data valuation platform, where he oversaw engineering and established enterprise partnerships. From 2020 to 2021 he served as Chief Technology Officer of eMed, launching an FDA-authorized digital health platform that scaled to serve millions of users and resulted in six issued patents. From 2019 to 2020 he was Chief Technology Officer of BlueVoyant, where he managed global cybersecurity operations and directed a $45 million budget. Mr. Ensey served as Chief Operating Officer of Riot Blockchain, Inc. (now Riot Platforms, Inc., NASDAQ: RIOT) from January 2018 to September 2018 and as its Interim Chief Executive Officer from September 2018 to February 2019, and previously served as a senior officer of Dunbar Security Solutions from September 2012 to February 2018. Mr. Ensey holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Mr. Ensey brings extensive leadership and expertise in technology and cybersecurity.

Mr. Heinen has served as Volato’s Chief Financial Officer since November 28, 2023. Bringing over 25 years of finance and accounting experience, Mr. Heinen has served in leadership positions in both publicly traded and private technology companies. Previously, Mr. Heinen was the Chief Financial Officer at Better Therapeutics. Prior to that, he served as the SVP, Global Corporate Controller, and interim Chief Financial Officer at Trintech, Inc. Mr. Heinen's career began in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a B.B.A. in accounting and an M.B.A from the University of Oklahoma and is a certified public accountant.

Mr. Prachar has served as Volato’s Chief Operating Officer since February 1, 2022. Prior to joining Volato, Mr. Prachar served as Chief Operating Officer of Big Green IT, an information technology and Microsoft cloud consulting business from 2015 to 2022. Prior to joining Big Green IT, Mr. Prachar built a 20-year operations career serving in a number of operations executive roles in the telecommunications and technology services industries, including Chief Operating Officer of LinkSource Technologies® from 2010 to 2015, President and Chief Operating Officer of Rapid Link, Inc. from 2006 to 2010, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Telenational Communications from 2001 to 2006 and Director of Operations for Intercontinental Exchange from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Prachar holds an Engineering Degree from the College for Recording Arts in San Francisco.