{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950170-23-064012","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AWRE","cik":"0001015739","company_name":"AWARE INC /MA/","filed_at":"2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:27.877776+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-08T01:54:49.063037+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"CFO David Barcelo departs Aware; severance includes $265k salary continuation and accelerated vesting","bullets":["CFO David Barcelo left the company effective Oct 31, 2023; separation agreement signed Nov 13, 2023.","Severance includes $265,224.98 salary continuation for 12 months, plus accelerated vesting of time-based equity through Oct 31, 2024.","Agreement includes noncompetition through Oct 31, 2024 and release of claims by Barcelo.","No replacement CFO named; David K. Traverse remains Principal Financial Officer."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-064012","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-064012.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-064012.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-064012.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000095017023064012/0000950170-23-064012-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000095017023064012/awre-20231113.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-08T01:54:49.063037+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"332bdd2d50","claim":"David Barcelo departed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at AWARE INC /MA/.","evidence_excerpt":"As previously announced, David Barcelo, the former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Aware, Inc. (the “Company”), has left the Company.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000095017023064012/0000950170-23-064012-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"left"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}