---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-000970"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AUUD"
cik: "0001554818"
company_name: "AUDDIA INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T09:23:05.163696+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Auddia appoints Timothy J. Ackerman as CFO, grants inducement equity awards

## Summary
- Timothy J. Ackerman appointed CFO effective Feb 6, 2023; base salary $225,000 with bonus up to 50%.
- Granted inducement stock options for 150,200 shares at $1.12 exercise price, vesting over 4 years.
- Granted 37,500 RSUs vesting monthly over 1 year, settling Feb 6, 2024.
- Ackerman brings over 20 years finance/ops experience, previously CFO at Premier Crop Systems and VP Finance at CSG Systems International.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-000970
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AUUD
- cik: 0001554818
- company_name: AUDDIA INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554818/000168316823000970/0001683168-23-000970-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554818/000168316823000970/auddia_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-000970
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-000970.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-000970.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Timothy J. Ackerman was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at AUDDIA INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 10, 2023, the Company’s board of directors appointed Timothy J. Ackerman as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554818/000168316823000970/0001683168-23-000970-index.htm

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