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Chief People Officers and CHROs in technology.
How we search for the top people seat in technology, and the changes in that seat the sector's public companies reported to the SEC.
Next Horizon Leadership
Updated October 8, 2026 · 8 moves from SEC filings
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Who moved
From July 2025 to September 2026, 6 technology companies reported 8 changes in their top people seat to the SEC in a Form 8-K: 6 departures and 2 appointments. Each row names the person and links to the company’s own filing.
| Filed | Company | Move | Person | Title | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uber UBER | Departure | Nikki Krishnamurthy | Chief People Officer | Form 8-K filed by Uber on May 11, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Health Catalyst HCAT | Departure | Linda Llewelyn | Chief People OfficerRole eliminated | Form 8-K filed by Health Catalyst on Apr 27, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Parsons PSN | Departure | Susan Balaguer | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Parsons on Mar 17, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| DHI Group DHX | Departure | Pamela Bilash | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by DHI Group on Feb 23, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| DHI Group DHX | Appointment | Elizabeth Andora | Chief People OfficerFrom outside the company · Has held the seat before | Form 8-K filed by DHI Group on Feb 23, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Kyndryl KD | Departure | Maryjo Charbonnier | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Kyndryl on Jan 6, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Acuren TIC | Departure | Anthony Gaucher | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Acuren on Aug 14, 2025, on sec.gov | |
| Acuren TIC | Appointment | MaryJo O’Brien | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Acuren on Aug 14, 2025, on sec.gov |
Departures and appointments are counted side by side. A company must file when a named executive officer leaves, and chooses whether to file a new people leader’s appointment, so the two columns measure different things.
Where the new leaders came from
| What the filing says | Appointments |
|---|---|
| From outside the company | 1 |
| Promoted from inside | 0 |
| Origin not stated in the filing | 1 |
| Had held the top people seat before | 1 |
| First time in the seat | 0 |
| Experience not stated in the filing | 1 |
What the filings call the seat
Across the 8 moves, the filings name the seat Chief Human Resources Officer 5 times and Chief People Officer 3 times.
How this is counted
US public companies file a Form 8-K, Item 5.02, within four business days when a named executive officer leaves, and some also file one when they appoint a new people leader, which for a CHRO or Chief People Officer is their choice. We search those filings for the usual titles of the top people seat (Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief People Officer and their variants), and count each appointment and departure once, in the quarter it was first filed. A company appears twice when a departure and a successor are filed together.
Read the counts as what companies disclosed in these filings. Many changes in the top people seat are announced only in a press release, or never filed: a company must report a departing named executive officer, and chooses whether to report a new people leader. A filing that gives the seat an unusual title, or reports the move under another item, can also be missed. So the list holds more departures than appointments, and fewer moves than the market. Sectors follow each company’s SEC industry code. The full method, every quarter and the data as a CSV are on People Leader Moves.
Source: SEC EDGAR, Form 8-K Item 5.02 filings, July 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026. Compiled by Next Horizon Leadership.
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