---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001101680-24-000142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001101680"
company_name: "DZS INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:51:17.912420+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DZS names Brian Chesnut interim CFO after Misty Kawecki steps down

## Summary
- Brian Chesnut appointed interim CFO effective Sept 11, 2024; remains CAO.
- Misty Kawecki removed as CFO; amended employment agreement provides severance on qualifying termination.
- Kawecki's departure occurs after completion of financial restatement.
- Chesnut previously CAO since April 2024; 15 years accounting experience, CPA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001101680-24-000142
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001101680
- company_name: DZS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101680/000110168024000142/0001101680-24-000142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101680/000110168024000142/dzsi-20240909.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001101680-24-000142
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001101680-24-000142.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001101680-24-000142.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Chesnut was elected as interim Chief Financial Officer at DZS INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of DZS Inc. (the “Company”) elected Brian Chesnut to serve as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101680/000110168024000142/0001101680-24-000142-index.htm
- Executive change
  Misty Kawecki was removed as Chief Financial Officer at DZS INC..
  - Action: removed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board removed Misty Kawecki as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer at such time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101680/000110168024000142/0001101680-24-000142-index.htm

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