---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-030640"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AUID"
cik: "0001534154"
company_name: "authID Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T00:42:39.197579+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# authID appoints Thomas R. Szoke as CTO with $250K salary, 500K option grant

## Summary
- Thomas R. Szoke, former director and company founder, named CTO effective April 12, 2023.
- Initial base salary $250K; signing bonus $20,833; annual target bonus up to $200K.
- Amended 100,000-share option grant (strike $0.33) with time- and market-cap-based vesting.
- Company to grant additional 400,000-share option when shares become available under equity plan.
- Retention agreement provides severance of 100% base salary plus bonus upon change-of-control or involuntary termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-030640
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AUID
- cik: 0001534154
- company_name: authID Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534154/000121390023030640/0001213900-23-030640-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534154/000121390023030640/ea177091-8k_authid.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-030640.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas R. Szoke was appointed as Chief Technology Officer at authID Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: On April 12, 2023, authID Inc. (the “Company”) and Thomas R. Szoke, a director of the Company, entered an Offer Letter pursuant to which Mr. Szoke agreed to serve as Chief Technology Officer of the Company in consideration of an initial annual salary of $250,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534154/000121390023030640/0001213900-23-030640-index.htm

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