---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-048180"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASPN"
cik: "0001145986"
company_name: "ASPEN AEROGELS INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T17:19:36.460859+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aspen Aerogels appoints Santhosh Daniel as Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 13, 2023

## Summary
- Appointment of Santhosh Daniel (52) as Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to CFO Ricardo Rodriguez.
- Base salary of $300,000, target bonus 35% of base, prorated from Sept 13, 2023.
- Equity grants: $100,000 in RSUs and $100,000 in stock options, vesting equally over 3 years.
- Daniel previously VP/Controller at Symbiotic Inc. and held roles at Baker Hughes and GE.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-048180
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASPN
- cik: 0001145986
- company_name: ASPEN AEROGELS INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000095017023048180/0000950170-23-048180-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000095017023048180/aspn-20230914.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-048180
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-048180.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-048180.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Santhosh Daniel was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at ASPEN AEROGELS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On September 14, 2023, Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that on September 11, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Santhosh Daniel as its Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer, effective as of September 13, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145986/000095017023048180/0000950170-23-048180-index.htm

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