---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001421517-25-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ERII"
cik: "0001421517"
company_name: "Energy Recovery, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T03:28:01.657201+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Recovery appoints Ram Ramanan as CTO; Farshad Ghasripoor to retire

## Summary
- Dr. Ram Ramanan becomes CTO effective March 3, 2025, succeeding retiring Dr. Farshad Ghasripoor.
- Dr. Ghasripoor retires March 14, 2025, will serve as executive advisor through October 2025.
- Ramanan receives $350K salary, up to 60% bonus, and equity awards totaling $1M (option, RSU, PSU).
- David Kim-Hak promoted to VP, Wastewater, a new role to accelerate wastewater revenue growth.
- Ramanan brings 30+ years of engineering leadership from Bloom Energy and Rondo Energy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001421517-25-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ERII
- cik: 0001421517
- company_name: Energy Recovery, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151725000046/0001421517-25-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151725000046/erii-20250226.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001421517-25-000046.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: beccdf47af
  claim: Ram Ramanan was appointed as Chief Technology Officer at Energy Recovery, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company announced the appointment of Dr. Ram Ramanan, age 64, as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, effective March 3, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151725000046/0001421517-25-000046-index.htm
- claim_id: f57f35917d
  claim: Farshad Ghasripoor retired as Chief Technology Officer at Energy Recovery, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Dr. Farshad Ghasripoor, the Chief Technology Officer of Energy Recovery, Inc. (the “Company”), will be retiring from the Company effective March 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151725000046/0001421517-25-000046-index.htm

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