---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-26-000704"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUOT"
cik: "0001396536"
company_name: "DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T12:00:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T12:07:59.186010+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duos Technologies elects CEO Douglas Recker to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Douglas Recker elected to Board effective May 14, 2026; he has been CEO since Apr 1, 2026 and President since Sep 2025.
- Recker has 30+ years experience in telecom, data centers; founded EdgePresence LLC (sold 2023) and Colo5 Data Centers.
- No family relationships with other directors/officers and no disclosable related-party transactions per Item 404(a).
- Recker's employment and equity award terms were previously disclosed in a Sep 15, 2025 Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-26-000704
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUOT
- cik: 0001396536
- company_name: DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T12:00:20+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326000704/0001079973-26-000704-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326000704/duot_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-000704
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-000704.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas Recker was elected as Director at DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 14, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Douglas Recker as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326000704/0001079973-26-000704-index.htm

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