---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001779372-22-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEAT"
cik: "0001779372"
company_name: "HeartBeam, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T02:57:56.143630+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HeartBeam appoints Ken Persen as CTO; enters LIVMOR partnership amendment

## Summary
- Ken Persen named CTO effective Aug 2, 2022; $300k annual salary, bonus up to 30% tied to FDA submission and corporate goals, 80k stock option.
- Entered supplemental agreement with LIVMOR: paid $200k for source code access; licenses become non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free.
- Persen previously LIVMOR CTO/CEO; over 28 years in cardiac devices and digital health, including Guidant and Cameron Health.
- Partnership to create a company-branded version of LIVMOR's Halo+ remote patient monitoring solution for physicians and patients.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001779372-22-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEAT
- cik: 0001779372
- company_name: HeartBeam, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1779372/000177937222000033/0001779372-22-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1779372/000177937222000033/beat-20220802.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001779372-22-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001779372-22-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001779372-22-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ken Persen was appointed as Chief Technical Officer at HeartBeam, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Technical Officer
  source text: On August 2, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company appointed Ken Persen as Chief Technical Officer of the Company (the “ Appointment ”) effective as of August 2, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1779372/000177937222000033/0001779372-22-000033-index.htm

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