---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-24-001126"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001675634"
company_name: "ShiftPixy, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T23:52:14.884903+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shiftpixy terminates CFO Douglas Beck, COO Amanda Murphy; hires Patrice Launay as CFO

## Summary
- Douglas Beck terminated as CFO, Amanda Murphy terminated as COO effective March 6, 2024.
- Patrice Launay appointed as new CFO effective March 7, 2024; annual salary $350,000.
- Launay previously served as Shiftpixy CFO from Jan 2018 to July 2019.
- Launay holds a California CPA (inactive) and Series 65 license.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-24-001126
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001675634
- company_name: ShiftPixy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675634/000147793224001126/0001477932-24-001126-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675634/000147793224001126/pixy_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas Beck was terminated as Chief Financial Officer at ShiftPixy, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 6, 2024, Shiftpixy, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated the employment of Douglas Beck as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company, and Amanda Murphy as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, effective on March 6, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675634/000147793224001126/0001477932-24-001126-index.htm
- Executive change
  Amanda Murphy was terminated as Chief Operating Officer at ShiftPixy, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 6, 2024, Shiftpixy, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated the employment of Douglas Beck as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company, and Amanda Murphy as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, effective on March 6, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675634/000147793224001126/0001477932-24-001126-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrice Launay was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at ShiftPixy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 7, 2024 the Company signed an offer of employment letter with Patrice Launay, appointed to serve as the Company’s new CFO, beginning on March 7, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1675634/000147793224001126/0001477932-24-001126-index.htm

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