---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001102993-21-000129"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPSN"
cik: "0001102993"
company_name: "LIVEPERSON INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:27:22.303003+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LivePerson CTO Alex Spinelli to depart in October; Andrew Hamel named EVP Technology, Operations & AI

## Summary
- Alex Spinelli, EVP & CTO, to depart in October 2021; no disagreement with company operations or strategy.
- Andrew Hamel appointed EVP, Technology, Operations & AI, succeeding Spinelli.
- Hamel joined LivePerson in Sep 2020 as EVP Operations & Emerging AI; previously senior tech exec at Amazon.
- Mr. Spinelli will remain through late October to facilitate transition.
- No related person transactions or family relationships reported for Hamel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001102993-21-000129
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPSN
- cik: 0001102993
- company_name: LIVEPERSON INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299321000129/0001102993-21-000129-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299321000129/lpsn-20210924.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001102993-21-000129
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001102993-21-000129.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001102993-21-000129.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Hamel was appointed as EVP, Technology, Operations & AI at LIVEPERSON INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: EVP, Technology, Operations & AI
  source text: Andrew Hamel, the Company’s current EVP, Operations and Emerging AI Businesses, will take over leadership of the Company’s technology organization as EVP, Technology, Operations & AI.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299321000129/0001102993-21-000129-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alex Spinelli departed as EVP, Chief Technology Officer at LIVEPERSON INC.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: EVP, Chief Technology Officer
  source text: On September 24, 2021, LivePerson, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its EVP, Chief Technology Officer, Alex Spinelli, has decided to depart from the Company in October 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299321000129/0001102993-21-000129-index.htm

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