---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001020710-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DXPE"
cik: "0001020710"
company_name: "DXP ENTERPRISES INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:30:21.208055+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DXP Enterprises appoints Nick Little as COO and Paz Maestas as CM&TO

## Summary
- Nick Little named Chief Operating Officer, effective January 7, 2022; responsible for sales, operations, inventory, procurement.
- Paz Maestas named Chief Marketing and Technology Officer, effective same date; leads e-commerce and Omni-Channel initiatives.
- Both are internal promotions: Little joined DXP ~20 years ago as an application engineer; Maestas joined in 2002.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001020710-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DXPE
- cik: 0001020710
- company_name: DXP ENTERPRISES INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020710/000102071022000003/0001020710-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020710/000102071022000003/dxpe-20220111.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020710-22-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020710-22-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001020710-22-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paz Maestas was appointed as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer at DXP ENTERPRISES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer
  source text: Also effective January 7, 2022, Paz Maestas was appointed Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020710/000102071022000003/0001020710-22-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nick Little was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at DXP ENTERPRISES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: DXP Enterprises is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Little as Chief Operating Officer, effective January 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020710/000102071022000003/0001020710-22-000003-index.htm

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