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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000045919-24-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HHS"
cik: "0000045919"
company_name: "HARTE HANKS INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:47:09.640933+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harte Hanks SVP Sales Kelly Waller steps down; Jason Chapman appointed interim head

## Summary
- Kelly Waller departs as SVP Sales and Marketing due to personal reasons, effective immediately.
- Jason Chapman appointed Interim Global Head of Sales and Marketing; background includes Bain & Company, SAP SE, Skillsoft, and Infor.
- CEO Kirk Davis states sales pipeline has grown significantly under Waller, positioning company for strength heading into final stretch of 2024.
- Chapman holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA from Williams College.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000045919-24-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HHS
- cik: 0000045919
- company_name: HARTE HANKS INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000079/0000045919-24-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45919/000004591924000079/hhs-20240916.htm

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