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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-021923"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPRX"
cik: "0001448431"
company_name: "OptimizeRx Corp"
filed_at: "2025-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T01:05:40.198148+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OptimizeRx appoints Stephen Silvestro as CEO effective March 10, 2025

## Summary
- Stephen Silvestro, previously interim CEO and President, appointed permanent CEO as of March 10, 2025.
- Silvestro receives $500,000 annual base salary, target bonus of 80%, and $1.0M one-time equity grant.
- Silvestro joined OptimizeRx in 2019 as CCO; served as President from Oct 2023; prior roles at CCH Tagetik, Prognos Health, Decision Resources Group.
- Board conducted rigorous search with executive search firm; unanimous decision to appoint Silvestro, per Chair Lynn Vos.
- Silvestro aims to focus on customer centricity, recurring revenue model, and becoming a Rule of 40 company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-021923
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPRX
- cik: 0001448431
- company_name: OptimizeRx Corp
- filed_at: 2025-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448431/000121390025021923/0001213900-25-021923-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448431/000121390025021923/ea0233702-8k_optimize.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-021923
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-021923.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-021923.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Silvestro was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at OptimizeRx Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: announced that Stephen Silvestro has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective as of March 10, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1448431/000121390025021923/0001213900-25-021923-index.htm

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