---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320121-21-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TLS"
cik: "0000320121"
company_name: "TELOS CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:37:53.425682+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Telos appoints Mark Bendza as CFO, replacing Michele Nakazawa who will retire

## Summary
- Mark Bendza named EVP and CFO effective July 19, 2021; succeeds Michele Nakazawa after 17 years.
- Bendza receives $410,000 base salary, $155,000 guaranteed 2021 bonus, and equity awards including 65,000 RSUs.
- Nakazawa stays on senior executive team reporting to CEO to ensure orderly transition before retirement.
- Bendza previously VP of investor relations at Honeywell; over 20 years in finance and M&A.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320121-21-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TLS
- cik: 0000320121
- company_name: TELOS CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012121000031/0000320121-21-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012121000031/tls-20210719.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320121-21-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320121-21-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320121-21-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michele Nakazawa changed role as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at TELOS CORP.
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Bendza will succeed Michele Nakazawa, who has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for 17 years.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012121000031/0000320121-21-000031-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Bendza was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at TELOS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 19, 2021, Telos Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Mark Bendza has been appointed to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective July 19, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012121000031/0000320121-21-000031-index.htm

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