---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-22-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIDR"
cik: "0001818644"
company_name: "AEye, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T17:39:27.924338+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEye appoints former Apple marketing exec Sue Zeifman to board, adds three VPs

## Summary
- Sue Zeifman appointed Class I director; board increased from 7 to 8 members; term expires at 2022 annual meeting.
- Zeifman will receive $50k/year cash and a $350k RSU grant vesting over three years.
- Also adds Randolph Williams (VP Commercial Vehicles, ex-DENSO), Gavan Hennessy (VP Autonomous Platforms, ex-Valeo), Conor Tierney (CAO, ex-Google).
- Zeifman served as Apple's head of Global Marketing Production for nine years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-22-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIDR
- cik: 0001818644
- company_name: AEye, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787122000078/0000947871-22-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787122000078/ss736911_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-000078
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-000078.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sue Zeifman was appointed as Class I director at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of AEye, Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Sue Zeifman, effective immediately, as a Class I director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787122000078/0000947871-22-000078-index.htm

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