---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-004615"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AUUD"
cik: "0001554818"
company_name: "AUDDIA INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T13:15:36.059366+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Auddia CFO Timothy Ackerman resigns; CEO Michael Lawless named interim CFO

## Summary
- Timothy Ackerman resigned as CFO effective June 30, 2023; no disagreement with company.
- CEO Michael Lawless appointed Interim CFO; he remains CEO and board member.
- Company engaged outside finance advisory firm to support accounting and SEC reporting.
- Search for a permanent CFO is underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-004615
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AUUD
- cik: 0001554818
- company_name: AUDDIA INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554818/000168316823004615/0001683168-23-004615-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554818/000168316823004615/auddia_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-004615
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-004615.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-004615.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Timothy Ackerman resigned as Chief Financial Officer at AUDDIA INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Auddia Inc. announced that Timothy Ackerman, its Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from his position effective June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554818/000168316823004615/0001683168-23-004615-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Lawless was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at AUDDIA INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Michael Lawless, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, was appointed as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1554818/000168316823004615/0001683168-23-004615-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.