---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-152672"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DVLT"
cik: "0001682149"
company_name: "Datavault AI Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T22:57:46.628186+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Summit Wireless appoints consumer brand expert David M. Howitt to board, expanding to eight directors

## Summary
- David M. Howitt, CEO & Founder of Meriwether Group, joined board on December 16, 2021.
- Board size increased from seven to eight members with Howitt's appointment.
- Howitt brings over 20 years of brand marketing experience, including VP Licensing at adidas.
- He will serve until next annual stockholder meeting and stand for election thereafter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-152672
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DVLT
- cik: 0001682149
- company_name: Datavault AI Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465921152672/0001104659-21-152672-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465921152672/tm2136090d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-152672
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-152672.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-152672.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David M. Howitt was appointed as Director at Datavault AI Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 16, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to its powers under the Company’s bylaws, appointed David M. Howitt as a member of the Board, thereby increasing the Board membership count to eight (8).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682149/000110465921152672/0001104659-21-152672-index.htm

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