---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779152-21-000092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JKHY"
cik: "0000779152"
company_name: "JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T14:41:30.273431+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack Henry CFO and CTO announce retirements; Ben Metz named CDTO

## Summary
- CFO Kevin Williams to retire in June 2022; external/internal search for successor started.
- CTO Ted Bilke steps down in Jan 2022; Ben Metz succeeds as Chief Digital & Technology Officer.
- Bilke remains through June 2022 for transition; Williams assists during CFO search.
- Williams joined in 1998, CFO since 2001; Bilke joined in 2005, CTO since 2019.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779152-21-000092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JKHY
- cik: 0000779152
- company_name: JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915221000092/0000779152-21-000092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915221000092/jkhy-20211101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-21-000092
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-21-000092.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-21-000092.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin D. Williams departed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: intention to retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On November 1, 2021, Kevin D. Williams, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire from his positions with the Company in June 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915221000092/0000779152-21-000092-index.htm
- Executive change
  Teddy I. Bilke departed as Chief Technology Officer at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: intention to step down as CTO
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2021, Teddy I. Bilke, Chief Technology Officer and a named executive officer of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to step down as CTO and executive officer of the Company in January 2022, with the specific date to be determined later, and retire from all his positions with the Company in June 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915221000092/0000779152-21-000092-index.htm

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