---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-011771"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SONX"
cik: "0001407973"
company_name: "Sonendo, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T00:47:53.195136+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonendo GC and CTO resign, effective July 1, 2022

## Summary
- Jacqueline Collins, VP and General Counsel, resigns effective July 1, 2022; she served as first GC since 2018 and led legal foundation and IPO.
- Mehrzad Khakpour, Chief Technology Officer, resigns effective July 1, 2022; he was a founding employee since 2008 and led R&D and CleanFlow Technology.
- Both departures are for other opportunities; company has initiated searches for replacements for both roles.
- Collins was critical in preparing for Sonendo's 2021 IPO; Khakpour oversaw over 800,000 GentleWave procedures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-011771
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SONX
- cik: 0001407973
- company_name: Sonendo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017022011771/0000950170-22-011771-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017022011771/sonx-20220613.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-011771.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mehrzad Khakpour resigned as Chief Technology Officer at Sonendo, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: On June 15, 2022, Mehrzad Khakpour, PhD submitted his resignation as Chief Technology Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017022011771/0000950170-22-011771-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jacqueline Collins resigned as Vice President, General Counsel at Sonendo, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President, General Counsel
  source text: On June 13, 2022, Jacqueline Collins submitted her resignation as Vice President, General Counsel of Sonendo, Inc. (the "Company").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017022011771/0000950170-22-011771-index.htm

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