---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-135979"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DMRC"
cik: "0001438231"
company_name: "Digimarc CORP"
filed_at: "2025-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T21:42:14.351942+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digimarc appoints Carle Quinn as COO, promotes from Chief People Officer

## Summary
- Carle Quinn named COO effective June 1, 2025; previously EVP and Chief People Officer since April 2024.
- Quinn brings over a decade of executive experience including roles at Workato, Citrix, and SAP SuccessFactors.
- At Citrix, she led transformation initiatives that more than doubled growth in key solution areas.
- At SAP SuccessFactors, drove a 50% increase in conversion rates and exceeded growth targets.
- CEO Riley McCormack says Quinn will continue building scalable systems and operational rigor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-135979
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DMRC
- cik: 0001438231
- company_name: Digimarc CORP
- filed_at: 2025-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000119312525135979/0001193125-25-135979-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000119312525135979/d127264d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-135979
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-135979.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-135979.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carle Quinn was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Digimarc CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On June 1, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Digimarc Corporation (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Carle Quinn as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1438231/000119312525135979/0001193125-25-135979-index.htm

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