---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-007770"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001854583"
company_name: "Collective Audience, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T03:52:56.152692+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Collective Audience appoints Gerald Garcia as CFO; Christopher Andrews resigns, becomes advisor

## Summary
- Gerald Garcia appointed CFO effective Nov 1, 2024; replaces Christopher Andrews, who resigned as interim CFO and COO.
- Andrews' resignation was not due to any disagreement; he will serve as advisor on the 'Advisor Collective' board.
- Garcia brings 20+ years AdTech/agency finance experience, previously CFO at Channel Factory and MiQ.
- CEO cited Garcia's role in integrating recent acquisitions and establishing financial model for growth.
- Company plans to appoint a new COO from internal or potential future acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-007770
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001854583
- company_name: Collective Audience, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854583/000168316824007770/0001683168-24-007770-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854583/000168316824007770/collective_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-007770.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Andrews resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Collective Audience, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Mr. Garcia replaces Mr. Christopher Andrews as Chief Financial Officer who resigned from his role as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer on November 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854583/000168316824007770/0001683168-24-007770-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gerald Garcia was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Collective Audience, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective November 1, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Collective Audience, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Mr. Gerald Garcia as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854583/000168316824007770/0001683168-24-007770-index.htm

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