---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-006404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LTRX"
cik: "0001114925"
company_name: "LANTRONIX INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:29:08.107566+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lantronix CFO Jeremy Whitaker resigns; appoints Brent Stringham interim CFO

## Summary
- Jeremy Whitaker resigned as CFO effective Sept 13, 2024 to accept CFO role at a private company.
- Brent Stringham appointed interim CFO and Chief Accounting Officer; salary $267k, target bonus 40%, retention bonus $100k.
- David McLennan, former Sierra Wireless CFO, engaged as consultant to support transition.
- Stringham will receive RSU award worth $145k vesting over 3 years subject to continued employment.
- Company initiated formal search for a permanent CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-006404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LTRX
- cik: 0001114925
- company_name: LANTRONIX INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114925/000168316824006404/0001683168-24-006404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114925/000168316824006404/lantronix_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-006404
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-006404.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-006404.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeremy Whitaker resigned as Chief Financial Officer at LANTRONIX INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 10, 2024, Jeremy Whitaker informed Lantronix, Inc. (the “Company”) that he was resigning as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective September 13, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114925/000168316824006404/0001683168-24-006404-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brent Stringham was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer at LANTRONIX INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 14, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Brent Stringham as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114925/000168316824006404/0001683168-24-006404-index.htm

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