---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000937556-22-000127"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MASI"
cik: "0000937556"
company_name: "MASIMO CORP"
filed_at: "2022-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:58:59.805682+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Masimo appoints Blair Tripodi as COO of Consumer Division, effective Sept 16, 2022

## Summary
- Blair Tripodi named COO, Consumer Division, reporting to CEO Joe Kiani; oversees sales, marketing, product, commercial operations.
- Annual salary set at $550,000 with 100% target bonus; eligible for $225,000 cash retention bonus if employed 12 months post-Sound United merger close.
- Previously Chief Commercial Officer at Sound United, which Masimo acquired on April 11, 2022.
- Received RSUs ($600k) and PRSUs ($1.2M) in connection with the Sound United merger; no new equity for COO role.
- Effective September 16, 2022; press release issued September 19, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000937556-22-000127
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MASI
- cik: 0000937556
- company_name: MASIMO CORP
- filed_at: 2022-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/937556/000093755622000127/0000937556-22-000127-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/937556/000093755622000127/masi-20220916.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000937556-22-000127
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000937556-22-000127.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000937556-22-000127.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Blair Tripodi was appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Consumer Division at MASIMO CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer (COO), Consumer Division
  source text: Effective September 16, 2022, Masimo Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Blair Tripodi, age 49, as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Consumer Division.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/937556/000093755622000127/0000937556-22-000127-index.htm

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