---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001758766-22-000167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STEM"
cik: "0001758766"
company_name: "STEM, INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:19:26.759979+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stem appoints Michael Carlson as COO with $375k base salary and $625k equity award

## Summary
- Appointed Michael Carlson as COO effective Sept 26, 2022; reports to CEO John Carrington.
- Base salary $375k, sign-on cash bonus $150k, sign-on LTI equity award $625k (50% RSUs, 50% options, 4-year vest).
- Carlson brings 30 years experience including VP at Koch Engineered Solutions, prior roles at Siemens, GE, ABB.
- Eligible for annual cash incentive at 50% of base salary and long-term equity incentives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001758766-22-000167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STEM
- cik: 0001758766
- company_name: STEM, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758766/000175876622000167/0001758766-22-000167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758766/000175876622000167/stem-20220921.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001758766-22-000167
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001758766-22-000167.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001758766-22-000167.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Carlson was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at STEM, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 21, 2022, Stem, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michael Carlson as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective September 26, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758766/000175876622000167/0001758766-22-000167-index.htm

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