---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-23-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIDR"
cik: "0001818644"
company_name: "AEye, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:51:59.569202+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEye appoints COO TR Ramachandran as principal operating officer, grants 500k RSUs

## Summary
- TR Ramachandran, age 52, named principal operating officer effective Jan 10, 2023.
- Annual salary increased to $385,000; bonus target set at 65% of base salary.
- Awarded 500,000 restricted stock units vesting quarterly over three years from Feb 15, 2023.
- Ramachandran previously served as Chief Product Officer since Nov 2021; prior lidar roles at Cepton and Velodyne.
- Over 24 years of experience in SoCs, software, systems, and automotive lidar.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-23-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIDR
- cik: 0001818644
- company_name: AEye, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-17T23:59:59+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/1818644/000094787123000045/0000947871-23-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000045/ss1672159_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-23-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tirukkur R. "TR" Ramachandran was appointed as principal operating officer at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal operating officer
  source text: On January 10, 2023, the Board of Directors of AEye, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Tirukkur R. “TR” Ramachandran, age 52, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, as the Company’s principal operating officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000045/0000947871-23-000045-index.htm

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