---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-359499"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRM"
cik: "0001580864"
company_name: "Vroom, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:06:57.003045+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vroom appoints Thomas Shortt as COO; Roszkowski becomes Chief Strategy Officer

## Summary
- Thomas Shortt, former Walmart SVP, named COO effective January 3, 2022.
- Compensation: $650K base salary, 75% target cash incentive, $3M RSU grant (3-yr vest), $1.6M signing bonus with clawback.
- Mark Roszkowski transitions from CRO to Chief Strategy Officer and GM of Vroom Financial Services.
- Shortt will oversee supply chain, acquisitions, reconditioning, logistics, and customer experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-359499
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRM
- cik: 0001580864
- company_name: Vroom, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000119312521359499/0001193125-21-359499-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000119312521359499/d162285d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Roszkowski changed role as Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of Vroom Financial Services at Vroom, Inc..
  - Action: assumed new role
  - Role: Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of Vroom Financial Services
  source text: Mark Roszkowski, currently the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer, will assume a new role leading strategy for the broader organization, in addition to his responsibility for value-added products and all financing, as Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of Vroom Financial Services.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000119312521359499/0001193125-21-359499-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas Shortt was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Vroom, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Vroom, Inc. (the “ Company ”) has named Thomas Shortt as Chief Operating Officer, effective as of January 3, 2022 (the “ commencement date ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1580864/000119312521359499/0001193125-21-359499-index.htm

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