---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001515971-22-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTEL"
cik: "0000845819"
company_name: "KonaTel, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:05:46.858247+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KonaTel appoints Charles Griffin as President/COO; CEO McEwen steps down as President, receives amended compensation

## Summary
- D. Sean McEwen resigns as President effective Jan 1, 2022; remains Chairman and CEO.
- Charles D. Griffin appointed President and COO effective Jan 1, 2022; base salary $250K annually.
- McEwen's salary raised to $275K; receives $160K one-time bonus; 24-month severance ($550K).
- Griffin's 1.1M options at $0.75 vest upon signing employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001515971-22-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTEL
- cik: 0000845819
- company_name: KonaTel, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845819/000151597122000012/0001515971-22-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845819/000151597122000012/ktel8k011322.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001515971-22-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001515971-22-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001515971-22-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  D. Sean McEwen resigned as President at KonaTel, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President
  source text: Effective January 1, 2022, D. Sean McEwen, our President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors resigned as President and continues to serve as our Chairman and CEO
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845819/000151597122000012/0001515971-22-000012-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles D. Griffin was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at KonaTel, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Also effective January 1, 2022, Charles D. Griffin was elected as our President and Chief Operating Officer (the “COO”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845819/000151597122000012/0001515971-22-000012-index.htm

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