---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001825079-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VELO"
cik: "0001825079"
company_name: "Velo3D, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:09:32.051509+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Velo3D appoints Brad Kreger as permanent CEO; cites re-alignment success

## Summary
- Brad Kreger, interim CEO since Dec 2023, formally appointed permanent CEO effective June 14, 2024.
- Board cites strategic re-alignment success: reduced operating expenses 30% YoY, improved system reliability.
- $27M in new orders booked from mid-Dec 2023 through Q1 2024; $22M backlog entering Q2 2024.
- Reduced Sapphire printer installation time by >40% over last 6 months; resolved 100% high-priority tickets in Q1 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001825079-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VELO
- cik: 0001825079
- company_name: Velo3D, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-17T23:59:59+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/1825079/000182507924000025/0001825079-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000182507924000025/vld-20240617.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001825079-24-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001825079-24-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001825079-24-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bradley Kreger was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Velo3D, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On and effective as of June 14, 2024, Velo3D, Inc. (the “Company”) formally appointed Bradley Kreger, a Class III Director of the Company and the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000182507924000025/0001825079-24-000025-index.htm

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