---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000351998-23-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAIO"
cik: "0000351998"
company_name: "DATA I/O CORP"
filed_at: "2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T14:27:30.198938+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Data I/O names Gerald Ng VP of Finance, future CFO effective August 16

## Summary
- Gerald Ng joins as VP Finance on July 1, 2023; becomes VP & CFO on August 16, 2023.
- Base salary $275,000; incentive target $130,000 under Management Incentive Compensation Plan.
- Inducement grants: 75,000 RSUs vesting over 4 years; up to 7,500 PSUs based on 2023-2025 revenue growth.
- Ng previously CFO at Kymeta, FUJIFILM SonoSite, and Fluke Networks; also VP Finance at Spiration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000351998-23-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAIO
- cik: 0000351998
- company_name: DATA I/O CORP
- filed_at: 2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351998/000035199823000016/0000351998-23-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351998/000035199823000016/f8k-2023gerryng.htm

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