---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-140726"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRNC"
cik: "0001768267"
company_name: "Cerence Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:34:33.067848+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cerence CFO Daniel Tempesta resigns; CEO Ortmanns takes interim finance role

## Summary
- Daniel Tempesta resigned as CFO for personal reasons, effective May 17, 2024; no disagreement with the company.
- CEO Stefan Ortmanns appointed interim principal financial officer effective May 17.
- VP & Corporate Controller Katherine Roman appointed interim principal accounting officer.
- Company retained third-party consulting firm for interim finance support; search for permanent CFO underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-140726
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRNC
- cik: 0001768267
- company_name: Cerence Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312524140726/0001193125-24-140726-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312524140726/d786947d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-140726
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-140726.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-140726.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Katherine Roman was appointed as principal accounting officer at Cerence Inc..
  - Action: designated
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of the Company has designated Stefan Ortmanns, President and Chief Executive Officer, as the Company’s principal financial officer, and Katherine Roman, Vice President and Corporate Controller, as the Company’s principal accounting officer, each on an interim basis and effective as of May 17, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312524140726/0001193125-24-140726-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel Tempesta resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Cerence Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 11, 2024, Daniel Tempesta notified Cerence Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as Chief Financial Officer of the Company for personal reasons, effective as of May 17, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312524140726/0001193125-24-140726-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stefan Ortmanns was appointed as principal financial officer at Cerence Inc..
  - Action: designated
  - Role: principal financial officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of the Company has designated Stefan Ortmanns, President and Chief Executive Officer, as the Company’s principal financial officer, and Katherine Roman, Vice President and Corporate Controller, as the Company’s principal accounting officer, each on an interim basis and effective as of May 17, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312524140726/0001193125-24-140726-index.htm

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