---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-308156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INVE"
cik: "0001036044"
company_name: "Identiv, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:50:03.667086+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Identiv appoints Ed Kirnbauer as Interim CFO; CEO Humphreys steps down as Acting CFO

## Summary
- Effective Oct 20, 2021, Ed Kirnbauer named Interim CFO, Principal Financial & Accounting Officer.
- CEO Steven Humphreys, who was acting CFO, ceases that role; permanent CFO search expected to conclude in Q4 2021.
- Kirnbauer, former Global Corporate Controller since 2015, receives $225k annual salary plus $15k/month interim supplement.
- Kirnbauer is a CPA with MBA from DePaul; previously corporate controller at Procom Technology.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-308156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INVE
- cik: 0001036044
- company_name: Identiv, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+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/1036044/000119312521308156/0001193125-21-308156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1036044/000119312521308156/d199201d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-308156
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-308156.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven Humphreys changed role as Chief Executive Officer at Identiv, Inc..
  - Action: ceased serving as Acting CFO
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Steven Humphreys, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who was also serving as acting Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer (“Acting CFO”), ceased serving as Acting CFO upon Mr. Kirnbauer’s appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1036044/000119312521308156/0001193125-21-308156-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ed Kirnbauer was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Identiv, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective October 20, 2021, the Board of Directors of Identiv, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ed Kirnbauer, the Company’s Global Corporate Controller, interim Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (“Interim CFO”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1036044/000119312521308156/0001193125-21-308156-index.htm

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