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Issuer:     ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP (ZBRA)
CIK:        0000877212
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-053699
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Zebra appoints Melissa Luff Loizides as CPO; current CPO Jeff Schmitz to retire in Q2 2026
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000162828025053699/0001628280-25-053699-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000162828025053699/zbra-20251120.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-053699

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