---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-030711"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMSI"
cik: "0000948708"
company_name: "SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-18T12:32:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-18T12:35:19.126112+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith Micro founder Bill Smith returns as President and CEO; Huffmyer resigns

## Summary
- Bill Smith appointed President and CEO effective September 18, 2026; succeeds Tim Huffmyer who resigned to pursue other opportunities.
- Huffmyer remains on Smith Micro's Board of Directors post-resignation.
- Smith previously led company as CEO from 1982 to March 2026; served as Executive Chairman since; no compensation changes.
- Press release cites new products, expanding customer relationships, healthy pipeline; Smith optimistic on growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-030711
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMSI
- cik: 0000948708
- company_name: SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-18T12:32:11+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948708/000143774926030711/0001437749-26-030711-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948708/000143774926030711/smsi20260917_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030711
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030711.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030711.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William W. Smith, Jr. was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 18, 2026, Smith Micro Software, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of William W. Smith, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948708/000143774926030711/0001437749-26-030711-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy C. Huffmyer resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Smith succeeds Timothy C. Huffmyer, who submitted his resignation as President and CEO on September 17, 2026, effective immediately, to pursue other opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948708/000143774926030711/0001437749-26-030711-index.htm

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