---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001537435-25-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TGEN"
cik: "0001537435"
company_name: "TECOGEN INC."
filed_at: "2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T23:37:02.680411+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tecogen President/COO Panora moves to full-time; comp raised to $200K; VP Ops Gehret departs

## Summary
- Robert A. Panora increased time commitment to full time; base salary raised from $164,800 to $200,000 per year, effective March 6, 2025.
- Joseph E. Gehret, formerly VP of Operations, left on Feb 14, 2025; consulting agreement for up to one year.
- Company hired an experienced Manufacturing Manager in January 2025 to increase manufacturing throughput.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001537435-25-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TGEN
- cik: 0001537435
- company_name: TECOGEN INC.
- filed_at: 2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537435/000153743525000014/0001537435-25-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537435/000153743525000014/tgen-20250214.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001537435-25-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001537435-25-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001537435-25-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph E. Gehret departed as Vice President of Operations at TECOGEN INC..
  - Action: left
  - Role: Vice President of Operations
  source text: On February 14, 2025, Mr. Joseph E. Gehret, formerly Vice President of Operations, left the Company to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537435/000153743525000014/0001537435-25-000014-index.htm

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