---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-014316"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SVCO"
cik: "0001943289"
company_name: "Silvaco Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T09:18:35.015425+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Silvaco CFO Ryan Benton resigns effective April 11; CEO to serve as interim principal financial officer

## Summary
- Resignation not due to disagreements; company reaffirms Q1 and FY 2025 guidance.
- CEO Babak Taheri to assume principal financial/accounting officer roles on interim basis.
- Keith Tainsky (FP&A lead) to become Interim CFO; Sherry Lin (Corporate Controller) reports to CEO.
- Silvaco begins search for permanent CFO; Q1 2025 results expected May 7.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-014316
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SVCO
- cik: 0001943289
- company_name: Silvaco Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828025014316/0001628280-25-014316-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828025014316/svco-20250318.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-014316
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-014316.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Keith Tainsky was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Silvaco Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Keith Tainsky, who leads the Company’s Financial Planning and Analysis function, will report directly to Mr. Taheri as Interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828025014316/0001628280-25-014316-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan Benton resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Silvaco Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 18, 2025, Ryan Benton, the Chief Financial Officer of Silvaco Group, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of his decision to resign, effective April 11, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828025014316/0001628280-25-014316-index.htm
- Executive change
  Babak Taheri changed role as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer at Silvaco Group, Inc..
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: principal financial officer and principal accounting officer
  source text: Effective upon Mr. Benton’s resignation, Babak Taheri, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will assume the roles of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer on an interim basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000162828025014316/0001628280-25-014316-index.htm

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