---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000807863-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MITK"
cik: "0000807863"
company_name: "MITEK SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:54:11.450645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mitek appoints Scott Carter as Executive Chair; Bruce Hansen remains on board

## Summary
- Bruce Hansen stepped down as Chairman, effective Jan 24, 2023, but continues as board member.
- Scott Carter appointed to newly created Executive Chair role; will receive $65,000/mo salary and $1M in RSUs vesting over 24 months.
- Kim Stevenson appointed Lead Independent Director with an additional $15,000 annual retainer.
- Press release highlights $9.5B identity verification market growth and recent product launches MiVIP and MiPass.
- Carter previously advised on acquisitions of ID R&D and HooYu, and served as CEO of ID Analytics (LexisNexis).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000807863-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MITK
- cik: 0000807863
- company_name: MITEK SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786323000006/0000807863-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786323000006/mitk-20230124.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-23-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-23-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bruce Hansen changed role as Chairman of the Board of Directors at MITEK SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chairman of the Board of Directors
  source text: On January 24, 2023, Mitek Systems, Inc. (the 'Company') announced that Bruce Hansen stepped down as the Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors (the 'Board'), effective January 24, 2023,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786323000006/0000807863-23-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Carter was appointed as Executive Chair at MITEK SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: and that Scott Carter, a member of the Board, has been appointed Executive Chair of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786323000006/0000807863-23-000006-index.htm

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