---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-081220"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWNI"
cik: "0001413891"
company_name: "HIGH WIRE NETWORKS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:01:34.634455+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# High Wire Networks names Edward Vasko COO; LaMarche resigns as COO, stays on board

## Summary
- Stephen LaMarche resigned as COO on Sept 19, 2024, but remains on the Board of Directors.
- Edward Vasko, CEO of Overwatch division, appointed COO effective immediately; retains Overwatch CEO role.
- Vasko receives $260k base salary, $40k one-time equity grant, and quarterly bonuses tied to revenue targets.
- Vasko has 33+ years in cybersecurity; previously led Boise State's Institute of Pervasive Cybersecurity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-081220
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWNI
- cik: 0001413891
- company_name: HIGH WIRE NETWORKS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413891/000121390024081220/0001213900-24-081220-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413891/000121390024081220/ea0215446-8k_highwire.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-081220
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-081220.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen LaMarche resigned as Chief Operations Officer at HIGH WIRE NETWORKS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: On September 19, 2024, Stephen LaMarche, the former Chief Operations Officer of High Wire Networks, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned from his position with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413891/000121390024081220/0001213900-24-081220-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward Vasko was appointed as Chief Operations Officer at HIGH WIRE NETWORKS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: On September 19, 2024, the Board appointed Edward Vasko, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Overwatch managed cybersecurity services division (“Overwatch”), to serve as Chief Operations Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413891/000121390024081220/0001213900-24-081220-index.htm

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