---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-004442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISSC"
cik: "0000836690"
company_name: "INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:05:31.754064+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ISSC appoints Dr. Shahram Askarpour as CEO following death of founder Geoffrey Hedrick

## Summary
- Dr. Shahram Askarpour appointed CEO effective January 14, 2022; previously President.
- Appointment follows the untimely passing of former CEO and Chairman Geoffrey S.M. Hedrick.
- Askarpour joined ISSC in 2003 as VP Engineering; holds PhD in Automatic Control and multiple patents.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-004442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISSC
- cik: 0000836690
- company_name: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836690/000110465922004442/0001104659-22-004442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836690/000110465922004442/tm222925d2_8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-004442.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-004442.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Shahram Askarpour was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers. On January 14, 2022, Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued a press release announcing the appointment of Dr. Shahram Askarpour, the Company’s President, as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/836690/000110465922004442/0001104659-22-004442-index.htm

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