---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-22-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REKR"
cik: "0001697851"
company_name: "Rekor Systems, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:02:15.497879+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rekor Systems appoints David Desharnais as President, effective January 2022

## Summary
- David Desharnais, former EVP at IDEMIA and GM at AWS, joins as President reporting to CEO.
- Three-year employment agreement with base salary and annual bonus up to $700k; $200k guaranteed for 2022.
- Signing bonus of $139,468; 375,000 RSUs granted Jan 17, 2022, vesting over three years.
- Desharnais to lead global engineering, product management, marketing, and strategic partnerships.
- Two times base salary severance if terminated within 120 days of a change of control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-22-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REKR
- cik: 0001697851
- company_name: Rekor Systems, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000165495422000138/0001654954-22-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000165495422000138/rekr_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-000138
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-000138.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-000138.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Desharnais was appointed as President at Rekor Systems, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On January 3, 2022, Rekor Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) publicly announced the appointment of David Desharnais, 50, as the Company’s President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000165495422000138/0001654954-22-000138-index.htm

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