secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DATA I/O CORP (DAIO)
CIK:        0000351998
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-25-013728
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Data I/O appoints Steven Waszak to board, Edward Smith named Chair
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- Steven Waszak (CFO of SMTC) appointed to Data I/O board eff. Dec 3, 2025; board expands from 5 to 6.
- Edward Smith appointed Chair of Board; Sally Washlow remains as independent director and Chair of Compensation Committee.
- Waszak brings M&A and financial expertise; served as CFO under Smith at SMTC prior to its 2021 acquisition by H.I.G. Capital.
- Smith has over 25 years in EMS and distribution; previously CEO of SMTC and President of Avnet.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351998/000165495425013728/0001654954-25-013728-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/351998/000165495425013728/daio_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-013728

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