---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-104382"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWRE"
cik: "0001015739"
company_name: "AWARE INC /MA/"
filed_at: "2024-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:00:25.065056+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aware CRO Craig Herman resigns; CEO Bob Eckel to provide interim leadership

## Summary
- Craig Herman, Chief Revenue Officer, resigned effective September 20, 2024, to pursue an opportunity outside biometrics.
- CEO Bob Eckel praised Herman's contributions to streamlining sales processes.
- Eckel will assume interim leadership of the sales function during the transition.
- No permanent replacement for CRO has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-104382
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWRE
- cik: 0001015739
- company_name: AWARE INC /MA/
- filed_at: 2024-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000095017024104382/0000950170-24-104382-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000095017024104382/awre-20240405.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-104382
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-104382.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-104382.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Craig Herman resigned as Chief Revenue Officer at AWARE INC /MA/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Revenue Officer
  source text: On September 4, 2024, Craig Herman, our Chief Revenue Officer, announced his resignation effective September 20, 2024, to pursue a new opportunity outside of the biometrics industry.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000095017024104382/0000950170-24-104382-index.htm

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