---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-26-001181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUOT"
cik: "0001396536"
company_name: "DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-26T13:00:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-26T13:01:10.941907+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duos Technologies names Christopher DeAlmeida as CFO; retiring CFO Adrian Goldfarb becomes strategic advisor

## Summary
- New CFO effective Aug 24, 2026; Goldfarb had been interim CFO since June 2026.
- Annual base salary $350,000; bonus potential up to 80% of base on performance.
- Granted 200,000 restricted shares under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, cliff vesting Sept 1, 2029.
- No employment agreement; 90-day corporate housing and $12,000 relocation assistance.
- Prior CFO of Wrap Technologies (2022-2024) and 11 years at Orion Group Holdings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-26-001181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUOT
- cik: 0001396536
- company_name: DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-26T13:00:15+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/1396536/000107997326001181/0001079973-26-001181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001181/duot_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-001181
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-001181.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-001181.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adrian Goldfarb changed role as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer at DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC..
  - Action: returned to prior position as Strategic Advisor to the CEO
  - Role: Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Adrian Goldfarb, who had been serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer since June 2026, will return to his prior position as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001181/0001079973-26-001181-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher J. DeAlmeida was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC..
  - Action: named as Chief Financial Officer
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 24, 2026, Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company”) named Christopher J. DeAlmeida as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001181/0001079973-26-001181-index.htm

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