---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-079966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001762322"
company_name: "SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:12:47.199637+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ShiftTech appoints Jason Curtis as CFO, director Solorzano resigns

## Summary
- Jason Curtis appointed CFO effective Sept 27, 2023, succeeding Oded Shein; Curtis also remains Chief Accounting Officer.
- Curtis receives $350K base salary plus $150K signing bonus subject to recoupment if employment ends before Dec 31, 2023.
- Director Luis Ignacio Solorzano resigned effective Sept 22, 2023; Board now has 4 directors and 3 vacancies.
- Adam Nash appointed to Audit Committee; additional cash retainer of $10,000 prorated.
- Shein's transition not due to any disagreement over Company's operations or strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-079966
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001762322
- company_name: SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762322/000121390023079966/0001213900-23-079966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762322/000121390023079966/ea185904-8k_shifttech.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Luis Ignacio Solorzano resigned as Director at SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 22, 2023, Luis Ignacio Solorzano Aizpuru, member of the Board of the Company, informed the Company of his decision to resign as a director of the Company, effective September 22, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762322/000121390023079966/0001213900-23-079966-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Curtis was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 26, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Shift Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “Shift”) appointed Jason Curtis as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, to succeed Oded Shein upon Mr. Shein’s transition as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in each case effective as of September 27, 2023 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762322/000121390023079966/0001213900-23-079966-index.htm
- Executive change
  Oded Shein changed role as Chief Financial Officer at SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On the Effective Date, Oded Shein transitioned from his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762322/000121390023079966/0001213900-23-079966-index.htm

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