---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-013261"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTI"
cik: "0000714256"
company_name: "Sanara MedTech Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:02:12.549008+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sanara MedTech appoints Jake Waldrop COO and Tyler Palmer Chief Corporate Development Officer

## Summary
- Jake Waldrop appointed COO effective April 15, 2024; base salary $315,000, eligible for annual restricted stock and cash bonus up to 75% of salary.
- One-time restricted stock award of $100,000 granted within 30 days, vesting over two years.
- Tyler Palmer appointed Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer effective April 1, 2024.
- Waldrop previously VP Finance at Enovis (Foot & Ankle) and CFO at Trilliant Surgical; Palmer was SVP at AQuity Solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-013261
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTI
- cik: 0000714256
- company_name: Sanara MedTech Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000149315224013261/0001493152-24-013261-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000149315224013261/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jacob A. Waldrop was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Sanara MedTech Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 5, 2024, Sanara MedTech Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Mr. Jacob A. Waldrop as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective April 15, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714256/000149315224013261/0001493152-24-013261-index.htm

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