---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001102993-23-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPSN"
cik: "0001102993"
company_name: "LIVEPERSON INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T18:43:56.049632+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LivePerson appoints Jeffrey Ford as principal accounting officer and awards $300,000 bonus to interim CEO John Collins

## Summary
- Jeffrey Ford, age 44, appointed principal accounting officer Sept 7, 2023; joined as SVP and CAO in August 2023.
- Ford receives $375,000 base salary, 45% bonus target, and $900,000 in RSUs vesting over 4 years.
- John Collins granted $300,000 cash bonus and $725,000 RSU award for interim CEO/CFO service.
- John Collins continues as interim CEO and CFO; stepped down as principal accounting officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001102993-23-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPSN
- cik: 0001102993
- company_name: LIVEPERSON INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299323000083/0001102993-23-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299323000083/lpsn-20230907.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001102993-23-000083
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001102993-23-000083.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001102993-23-000083.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Ford was appointed as principal accounting officer at LIVEPERSON INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On September 7, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of LivePerson, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jeffrey Ford as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299323000083/0001102993-23-000083-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Collins changed role as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at LIVEPERSON INC.
  - Action: designation ended
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective concurrently with Mr. Ford’s designation as the Company’s principal accounting officer, the designation of Mr. John Collins in that capacity ended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102993/000110299323000083/0001102993-23-000083-index.htm

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