---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001092699-23-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPSC"
cik: "0001092699"
company_name: "SPS COMMERCE INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T11:34:24.268848+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SPS Commerce appoints Chad Collins CEO; Archie Black to Executive Chair; COO James Frome to retire Dec 2024

## Summary
- Chad Collins appointed CEO effective Oct 2, 2023; Archie Black transitions to Executive Chair.
- Collins joins from Körber Supply Chain; receives $525k base salary, $6.5M sign-on RSUs, $4.5M sign-on PSUs.
- COO James Frome to retire Dec 31, 2024; 2024 comp includes $425k base, $425k target bonus, $5M RSU grant.
- Philip Soran, former Chair, becomes Lead Independent Director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001092699-23-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPSC
- cik: 0001092699
- company_name: SPS COMMERCE INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092699/000109269923000047/0001092699-23-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092699/000109269923000047/spsc-20230705.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001092699-23-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chad Collins was appointed as Director at SPS COMMERCE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Collins has also been appointed as a director of the Company, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092699/000109269923000047/0001092699-23-000047-index.htm
- Executive change
  Archie Black changed role as Executive Chair at SPS COMMERCE INC.
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: Mr. Black will become the Executive Chair of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092699/000109269923000047/0001092699-23-000047-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chad Collins was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at SPS COMMERCE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed Chad Collins as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 2, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092699/000109269923000047/0001092699-23-000047-index.htm
- Executive change
  Philip Soran changed role as Lead Independent Director at SPS COMMERCE INC.
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: Philip Soran, the current Chair of the Board, will become the lead independent director of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1092699/000109269923000047/0001092699-23-000047-index.htm

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