---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-055293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTI"
cik: "0001261654"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T15:14:54.762658+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Technical Institute appoints Bruce Schuman as CFO effective March 17, 2025

## Summary
- Bruce Schuman named CFO; base salary $475K, target cash incentive 65% of base.
- Initial equity grant: $650K time-vested RSUs and $350K performance stock units.
- Christine Kline resigns as interim CFO, remains VP and Chief Accounting Officer.
- Schuman previously CFO of Vacasa (NASDAQ: VCSA) from June 2023 to March 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-055293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTI
- cik: 0001261654
- company_name: UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312525055293/0001193125-25-055293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312525055293/d927374d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 4205636048
  claim: Bruce Schuman was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 17, 2025 (the “ Effective Date ”), Universal Technical Institute, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), announced the appointment of Bruce Schuman to the role of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312525055293/0001193125-25-055293-index.htm
- claim_id: afbb4c8280
  claim: Christine Kline resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer at UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC.
  evidence_excerpt: In connection with Mr. Schuman’s appointment to the role of Chief Financial Officer, Christine Kline resigned from the positions of Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261654/000119312525055293/0001193125-25-055293-index.htm

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