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accession: "0001628280-25-053699"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZBRA"
cik: "0000877212"
company_name: "ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:29:10.843009+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Zebra appoints Melissa Luff Loizides as CPO; current CPO Jeff Schmitz to retire in Q2 2026

## Summary
- Jeff Schmitz steps down as Chief People Officer effective Dec 31, 2025; remains SVP leading Elo acquisition integration through Q2 2026 then retires.
- Melissa Luff Loizides, currently VP of Global Talent, named CPO effective Jan 1, 2026; joined Zebra via the 2014 Motorola Solutions acquisition.
- Transition part of strategic succession planning and commitment to successful integration of Elo acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-053699
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZBRA
- cik: 0000877212
- company_name: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000162828025053699/0001628280-25-053699-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000162828025053699/zbra-20251120.htm

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