---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320121-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TLS"
cik: "0000320121"
company_name: "TELOS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-28T20:04:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T21:23:37.367079+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO John B. Wood returns from medical leave, resumes all duties as President, CEO, and Chairman

## Summary
- Effective May 28, 2026, John B. Wood resumed full duties as President, CEO, and Chairman of Telos Corporation.
- Interim leadership arrangements from April 29, 2026 terminated upon Wood's return.
- Mark Griffin, Mark Bendza, and Hutch Robbins cease interim CEO duties; Fred Schaufeld ceases interim Chairman.
- All four executives continue in their regular roles with the company.
- No compensatory arrangements were entered into or modified in connection with Wood's return.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320121-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TLS
- cik: 0000320121
- company_name: TELOS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T20:04:26+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012126000027/0000320121-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012126000027/tls-20260528.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320121-26-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320121-26-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320121-26-000027.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 04b93557fc
  claim: Hutch Robbins changed role as Interim Chief Executive Officer at TELOS CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: Mark Griffin, Executive Vice President, Security Solutions, Mark Bendza, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Hutch Robbins, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, have ceased exercising the responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012126000027/0000320121-26-000027-index.htm
- claim_id: 1d2e0f97b4
  claim: Mark Bendza changed role as Interim Chief Executive Officer at TELOS CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: Mark Griffin, Executive Vice President, Security Solutions, Mark Bendza, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Hutch Robbins, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, have ceased exercising the responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012126000027/0000320121-26-000027-index.htm
- claim_id: 3d174930be
  claim: Fred Schaufeld changed role as Interim Chairman of the Board at TELOS CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: Fred Schaufeld has ceased serving as Chairman of the Board on an interim basis, with Mr. Wood resuming as Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012126000027/0000320121-26-000027-index.htm
- claim_id: 9ad39cbed7
  claim: Mark Griffin changed role as Interim Chief Executive Officer at TELOS CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: Mark Griffin, Executive Vice President, Security Solutions, Mark Bendza, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Hutch Robbins, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, have ceased exercising the responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012126000027/0000320121-26-000027-index.htm
- claim_id: eaa3bf20e5
  claim: John B. Wood changed role as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at TELOS CORP.
  evidence_excerpt: Effective May 28, 2026, John B. Wood, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Telos Corporation (the “Company”), has returned from his medical leave of absence and has resumed his full duties and responsibilities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320121/000032012126000027/0000320121-26-000027-index.htm

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