---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-24-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOBR"
cik: "0001425627"
company_name: "SOBR Safe, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:02:26.776064+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SOBR Safe CFO Jerry Wenzel retires Dec 31, 2023; Christopher Whitaker appointed effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Jerry Wenzel retired as CFO on Dec 31, 2023; had served since Jan 2022.
- Christopher Whitaker appointed CFO effective Jan 1, 2024; previously VP of Finance and Accounting since Feb 2022.
- Whitaker receives annual salary of $225,000 and 150,000 stock options with exercise price $0.48.
- Whitaker has 30-year career, started at KPMG, most recently President - Americas and VP Finance at Elixinol.
- Employment contract not yet finalized; amendment to be filed later.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-24-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOBR
- cik: 0001425627
- company_name: SOBR Safe, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793224000056/0001477932-24-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793224000056/sobr_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-24-000056.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Whitaker was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SOBR Safe, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Christopher Whitaker, 52, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793224000056/0001477932-24-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jerry Wenzel retired as Chief Financial Officer at SOBR Safe, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On December 31, 2023, Jerry Wenzel retired from employment with SOBR Safe, Inc. (the “ Company ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793224000056/0001477932-24-000056-index.htm

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