---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001825079-24-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VELO"
cik: "0001825079"
company_name: "Velo3D, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T14:18:09.956869+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Velo3D appoints Hull Xu as CFO, announces $27M in new orders since Dec 2023

## Summary
- Hull Xu appointed CFO, effective April 24, 2024; replaces acting CFO Bernard Chung who leaves April 29.
- Michelle Sidwell named Chief Commercial Officer to unify sales, marketing, customer service.
- CMO Renette Youssef departs; separation not due to any disagreement.
- Company booked $27 million in new orders since mid-December 2023; backlog rebuilding.
- Cost realignment programs on plan to improve margins and cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001825079-24-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VELO
- cik: 0001825079
- company_name: Velo3D, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000182507924000015/0001825079-24-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000182507924000015/vld-20240422.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hull Xu was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Velo3D, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 20, 2024, the Company and Hull Xu entered into an Offer Letter (the “Offer Letter”), dated as of April 19, 2024, providing for the employment of Mr. Xu as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000182507924000015/0001825079-24-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bernard Chung resigned as Acting Chief Financial Officer at Velo3D, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Acting Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 17, 2024, Bernard Chung, Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company, notified the Company of his intention to resign effective April 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000182507924000015/0001825079-24-000015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Renette Youssef departed as Chief Marketing Officer at Velo3D, Inc..
  - Action: separated
  - Role: Chief Marketing Officer
  source text: On April 16, 2024, Velo3D, Inc. (the “Company”) and Renette Youssef, the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer, mutually agreed that Ms. Youssef would separate from the Company, effective as of April 19, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000182507924000015/0001825079-24-000015-index.htm

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