Published mark

SONO TEK CORP

NASDAQ: SOTK. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

US

Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
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Alpha ID
alpha:company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d
SEC CIK
0000806172
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 9, 2026
Newest evidence
Jul 25, 2025
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
R. Stephen HarshbargerSince May 28, 2025
Chair
Not published
Independent
4 / 55 directors published
Published claims
213 distinct sources
Evidence records
70 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 3 distinct sources and 7 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works

EXECUTIVE APPOINTED

Christopher C. Cichetti executive of SONO TEK CORP, effective 2025-05-28.

EffectiveEffective May 28, 2025E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Chief Operating OfficerChristopher C. CichettiMay 2025currentSource reportedE3
Vice President Manufacturing OperationsMaria T. KuhaMay 2025currentSource reportedE4
Chief Executive Officer, President and DirectorR. Stephen HarshbargerMay 2025currentSource reportedE5
Chief Financial OfficerStephen J. BagleyMay 2025currentSource reportedE6

Board of directors

Evidence

5 directors published. 4 of 5 with a published determination are independent.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Carol O'DonnellIndependent2018None publishedSource reportedE2
Eric HaskellIndependent2009Audit, chairAudit · ChairSource reportedE2
Kirk WarshawIndependent2025None publishedSource reportedE2
Philip StrasburgIndependent2004AuditAudit; CompensationCompensationSource reportedE2
R. Stephen HarshbargerNot independent2013None publishedSource reportedE2
Dr. Joseph RiemerIndependence not publishedNot publishedCompensationNominating and Governance, chairSource reportedE7

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
AuditEric HaskellEric Haskell, Philip Strasburg, Eric Haskell, Philip StrasburgNot described in the published record
Audit · ChairNot publishedEric HaskellNot described in the published record
Audit; CompensationNot publishedPhilip StrasburgNot described in the published record
CompensationNot publishedDr. Joseph Riemer, Philip Strasburg, Dr. Joseph Riemer, Philip StrasburgNot described in the published record
Nominating and GovernanceDr. Joseph RiemerDr. Joseph Riemer, Dr. Joseph RiemerNot described in the published record
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Eric Haskell; Members Eric Haskell (Chair); Philip Strasburg
Source reportedE7
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:committee_record:14
Committee AppointmentEric Haskell: chair, Audit
Source reportedE7
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:committee_appointment:15
Committee AppointmentPhilip Strasburg: member, Audit
Source reportedE7
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:committee_appointment:16
Committee AppointmentDr. Joseph Riemer: member, Compensation
Source reportedE7
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:committee_appointment:18
Committee AppointmentPhilip Strasburg: member, Compensation
Source reportedE7
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:committee_appointment:19
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair Dr. Joseph Riemer; Members Dr. Joseph Riemer (Chair)
Source reportedE7
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:committee_record:20
Committee AppointmentDr. Joseph Riemer: chair, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE7
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:committee_appointment:21

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerR. Stephen Harshbarger, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, from May 28, 2025
Source reportedE5
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:leadership_role:12
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingSOTK (NASDAQ)
Source reportedE1
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:security_listing:22
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 9, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameSONO TEK CORP
Source reportedE1
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:4e5a2d2b-dc66-468d-8719-09b84c7e666d:entity_status:3

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

This record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.

Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
7 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 9, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    SONO TEK CORP DEF 14A 2025-07-25
    sec proxy. Published Jul 25, 2025. Retrieved Apr 28, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    SOTK 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    SOTK 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    SOTK 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    SOTK 10-K executive officers
    sec filing. Published May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    Audit
    board_seats. board seats. Cited by 8 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 9, 2026
  • Christopher C. Cichetti executive of SONO TEK CORP, effective 2025-05-28.
  • Maria T. Kuha executive of SONO TEK CORP, effective 2025-05-28.
  • R. Stephen Harshbarger executive of SONO TEK CORP, effective 2025-05-28.
  • Stephen J. Bagley executive of SONO TEK CORP, effective 2025-05-28.
  • Kirk Warshaw seat on SONO TEK CORP, effective 2025-01-01.
  • Carol O'Donnell seat on SONO TEK CORP, effective 2018-01-01.
  • R. Stephen Harshbarger seat on SONO TEK CORP, effective 2013-01-01.
  • Eric Haskell seat on SONO TEK CORP, effective 2009-01-01.
  • Audit · Chair committee of SONO TEK CORP, effective 2009-01-01.
  • Eric Haskell member of Audit · Chair, effective 2009-01-01.
  • Philip Strasburg seat on SONO TEK CORP, effective 2004-01-01.
  • Audit; Compensation committee of SONO TEK CORP, effective 2004-01-01.
  • Philip Strasburg member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2004-01-01.
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  8. Financials1
  9. Governance0
  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
  12. Legal0
  13. Compensation0
  14. Other published claims3
  15. Coverage gaps17
  16. Linked people9
  17. Subject and corrections6
  18. Evidence7
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    SONO TEK CORPCompany
  • Christopher C. CichettiPerson
  • Maria T. KuhaPerson
  • R. Stephen HarshbargerPerson
  • Stephen J. BagleyPerson
  • Carol O'DonnellPerson
  • Eric HaskellPerson
  • Kirk WarshawPerson
  • Philip StrasburgPerson
  • Dr. Joseph RiemerPerson
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    OverviewSONO TEK CORP
  • MonitoringSONO TEK CORP
  • LeadershipSONO TEK CORP
  • BoardSONO TEK CORP
  • CommitteesSONO TEK CORP
  • Control and votingSONO TEK CORP
  • Authority to actSONO TEK CORP
  • FinancialsSONO TEK CORP
  • GovernanceSONO TEK CORP
  • RiskSONO TEK CORP
  • AI oversightSONO TEK CORP
  • LegalSONO TEK CORP
  • CompensationSONO TEK CORP
  • Other published claimsSONO TEK CORP
  • Coverage gapsSONO TEK CORP
  • Linked peopleSONO TEK CORP
  • Subject and correctionsSONO TEK CORP
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