---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001023731-26-000100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGHT"
cik: "0001023731"
company_name: "8X8 INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-07-30T20:21:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-30T20:23:08.050458+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 8x8 appoints Colleen Martin-Garcia as principal accounting officer; grants 600,000 RSUs

## Summary
- Colleen Martin-Garcia appointed principal accounting officer effective July 29, 2026; Kevin Kraus returns to CFO role.
- Annual base salary of $360,000 and target cash bonus of 50% of base salary.
- Granted 600,000 RSUs under inducement plan; vesting: 1/3 at one year, remainder quarterly over eight quarters.
- Martin-Garcia previously CAO at CareDx, VP at Carbon, and earlier at Polycom/Plantronics.
- No family relationships or related person transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001023731-26-000100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGHT
- cik: 0001023731
- company_name: 8X8 INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-07-30T20:21:56+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000102373126000100/0001023731-26-000100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000102373126000100/eght-20260729.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023731-26-000100
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023731-26-000100.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023731-26-000100.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Colleen Martin-Garcia was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at 8X8 INC /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 29, 2026, the Board of Directors of 8x8, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Colleen Martin-Garcia, the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, who joined the Company on July 6, 2026, as the Company's principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000102373126000100/0001023731-26-000100-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Kraus changed role as Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer at 8X8 INC /DE/.
  - Action: returned to CFO role
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer
  source text: Following Ms. Martin-Garcia's appointment, Mr. Kraus will return to his role as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023731/000102373126000100/0001023731-26-000100-index.htm

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