---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-093681"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATER"
cik: "0001757715"
company_name: "Aterian, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T10:56:38.060921+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aterian appoints former Amazon/Microsoft exec Cynthia Williams to board

## Summary
- Cynthia Williams appointed to Aterian board effective April 1, 2022; serves on Audit and Nominating & Governance Committees.
- Williams is President of Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming at Hasbro, former VP/GM at Microsoft and 11-year Amazon veteran leading FBA.
- Received restricted stock award of 82,305 shares vesting over three years, with one-third after one year then quarterly.
- Initial term as Class II director expires at 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-093681
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATER
- cik: 0001757715
- company_name: Aterian, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000119312522093681/0001193125-22-093681-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000119312522093681/d322572d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-093681.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cynthia Williams was appointed as Class II director at Aterian, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: Effective April 1, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aterian, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ms. Cynthia Williams as a Class II director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000119312522093681/0001193125-22-093681-index.htm

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