---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-131789"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNSS"
cik: "0000924383"
company_name: "Genasys Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:30:21.358069+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genasys appoints Larry Hagenbuch to board, will chair Audit Committee

## Summary
- Elected Larry Hagenbuch as director and Audit Committee chair, effective March 26, 2026.
- Hagenbuch is an Operating Partner at Crossplane Capital with prior board roles at HireQuest (HQI) and Optex.
- CEO Richard Danforth cited Hagenbuch's financial oversight and governance experience.
- Appointed to standard non-employee director compensation; granted RSUs on same terms as other directors.
- Press release mentions Puerto Rico Dams Early Warning System project as a major inflection point.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-131789
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNSS
- cik: 0000924383
- company_name: Genasys Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924383/000119312526131789/0001193125-26-131789-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924383/000119312526131789/gnss-20260326.htm

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