---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000023197-21-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMTL"
cik: "0000023197"
company_name: "COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T23:34:09.845180+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Michael Porcelain to succeed Fred Kornberg as Comtech CEO by end of 2021

## Summary
- President and COO Porcelain becomes CEO; Kornberg becomes advisor and non-executive Chairman.
- Porcelain previously served as CFO for over 12 years and led key acquisitions and 911 contract wins.
- Kornberg has led Comtech for 40+ years; revenue grew from under $20M to over $200M in NG-911 contracts in fiscal 2021.
- Succession plan initiated in 2018 with Porcelain's appointment as COO; he joined the Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000023197-21-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMTL
- cik: 0000023197
- company_name: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319721000083/0000023197-21-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319721000083/cmtl-20211004.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-21-000083
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-21-000083.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-21-000083.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fred Kornberg departed as Chief Executive Officer at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 4, 2021, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (the “Company”) announced that its President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Porcelain will become Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Fred Kornberg, by the end of calendar 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319721000083/0000023197-21-000083-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Porcelain was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 4, 2021, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (the “Company”) announced that its President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Porcelain will become Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Fred Kornberg, by the end of calendar 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319721000083/0000023197-21-000083-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.