---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-020190"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVPT"
cik: "0001777921"
company_name: "AvePoint, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T10:10:40.336874+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AvePoint appoints Jim Caci as CFO and Tom Lin as COO, effective Aug 23, 2021

## Summary
- Jim Caci named CFO; base salary $315K, target bonus $285K, $1M in RSU equity for FY2021.
- Tom Lin promoted from Chief Customer Officer to COO; base salary $315K, target bonus $315K, $1M equity (60% options, 40% RSUs).
- Sophia Wu transitions from CFO to Chief Accounting Officer; Brian Brown remains Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and board secretary.
- Caci previously served as AvePoint CFO from 2010–2013; brings 25+ yrs finance experience at SaaS and IT firms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-020190
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVPT
- cik: 0001777921
- company_name: AvePoint, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777921/000143774921020190/0001437749-21-020190-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777921/000143774921020190/avpt20210809_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-020190.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sophia Wu changed role as Chief Accounting Officer at AvePoint, Inc..
  - Action: agreed to transition into a new role
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Sophia Wu, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, agreed that she will transition into a new role as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer effective August 23, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777921/000143774921020190/0001437749-21-020190-index.htm
- Executive change
  James (Jim) Caci was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at AvePoint, Inc..
  - Action: appointed to succeed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective August 23, 2021, Mr. Caci will succeed Ms. Wu as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1777921/000143774921020190/0001437749-21-020190-index.htm

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