---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-008942"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTRP"
cik: "0000788611"
company_name: "NextTrip, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T09:58:55.021082+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sigma Labs names Jacob Brunsberg CEO; Mark Ruport becomes Chairman

## Summary
- Jacob Brunsberg appointed CEO effective April 1, 2022; previously President/COO.
- Mark Ruport transitions from CEO to Chairman of the Board, replacing John Rice.
- Brunsberg joined Sigma in Sept 2021 as SVP, later promoted to President/COO.
- Brunsberg previously led GE Binder Jet unit; holds material science degree from U Wisconsin.
- CEO change supports shift to software-only, subscription-based OEM model for in-situ QA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-008942
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTRP
- cik: 0000788611
- company_name: NextTrip, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788611/000149315222008942/0001493152-22-008942-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788611/000149315222008942/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-008942
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-008942.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-008942.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Ruport was appointed as Chairman of the Board at NextTrip, Inc..
  - Action: appointed to replace
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mr. Ruport remains a director of the Company and was appointed to replace the current Chairman of the Board, John Rice, who will continue to serve as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788611/000149315222008942/0001493152-22-008942-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jacob Brunsberg was appointed as Class II director at NextTrip, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: Also effective April 1, Mr. Brunsberg was appointed to serve as a Class II director on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788611/000149315222008942/0001493152-22-008942-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Ruport resigned as Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer at NextTrip, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer
  source text: Mr. Brunsberg replaces Mark Ruport, who resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer of the Company effective April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788611/000149315222008942/0001493152-22-008942-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jacob Brunsberg changed role as President, Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer at NextTrip, Inc..
  - Action: will become
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer
  source text: Effective April 1, 2022, Jacob Brunsberg, age 35, the current President and Chief Operating Officer of Sigma Labs, Inc. (“Sigma,” or the “Company”), will become Sigma’s President, Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer and will no longer serve as Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788611/000149315222008942/0001493152-22-008942-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Rice changed role as Chairman of the Board at NextTrip, Inc..
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: was appointed to replace the current Chairman of the Board, John Rice, who will continue to serve as a director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788611/000149315222008942/0001493152-22-008942-index.htm

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