---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-032403"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TKNO"
cik: "0001850902"
company_name: "Alpha Teknova, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T10:41:29.637657+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alpha Teknova director Robert McNamara resigns from Board effective Aug 31, 2023

## Summary
- McNamara cited personal and professional commitments; no disagreement with the Board or Company.
- He served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.
- Resignation effective August 31, 2023; no replacement named in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-032403
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TKNO
- cik: 0001850902
- company_name: Alpha Teknova, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017023032403/0000950170-23-032403-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017023032403/tkno-20230706.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-032403
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-032403.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-032403.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert McNamara resigned as Director at Alpha Teknova, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 6, 2023, Robert McNamara, a member of the Board of Directors of Alpha Teknova, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective August 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017023032403/0000950170-23-032403-index.htm

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