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Soundthinking (SSTI): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$4,600,051CEO Ralph Clark · source
Say-on-pay support57.95%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers79th pct.Of 20 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $4,708,087FY2023
  • $4,986,576FY2024
  • $4,600,051FY2025

CEO total pay was $4,600,051 in fiscal 2025, down from $4,986,576 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $472,500 · bonus $0 · stock awards $3,818,151 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Soundthinking, Inc in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Ralph Clark (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Soundthinking, Inc in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $4,600,051.
How does Soundthinking, Inc's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Ralph Clark's total compensation ranked at the 79th percentile of Soundthinking, Inc's disclosed peer group.
How did shareholders vote on Soundthinking, Inc's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 57.95% of shareholders supported Soundthinking, Inc's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Soundthinking, Inc spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Soundthinking, Inc reported total board compensation of $1,132,233 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Ralph Clark$472,500$0$3,818,151$0$302,400$0$7,000$4,600,051
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alan Stewart378,00001,193,1790136,44507,0001,714,624
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Nasim Golzadeh330,7506,6491,193,179099,85307,0001,637,431
Managing Director, Technologic and Executive Vice President, Investigative Solutions

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Ralph Clark$4,600,051$4,986,576$4,708,087↓ −386,525
Alan Stewart1,714,6241,841,2611,515,805↓ −126,637
Nasim Golzadeh1,637,4311,748,3401,423,612↓ −110,909

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

A core objective of our compensation program is to enable the attraction, retention and motivation of top talent that will provide us with the expertise and skills necessary to deliver on our short- and long-term goals.

CEO STI target (% of salary)100%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantAon
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Nasim GolzadehPRSU—————$1,193,179
Alan StewartPRSU—————1,193,179
Ralph ClarkPRSU—————3,818,151

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Grant-level vehicle detail not disclosed.

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Alan StewartOption1,33026.5—
Nasim GolzadehOption1,33026.5—
Ralph ClarkRSU2,366—18,999
Alan StewartRSU4,751—38,151
Nasim GolzadehRSU4,751—38,151
Alan StewartRSU5,915—77,250
Nasim GolzadehRSU5,915—77,250
Nasim GolzadehPSU7,000—56,210
Alan StewartOption7,18332.89—
Nasim GolzadehOption7,18332.89—
Ralph ClarkOption7,97526.5—
Alan StewartRSU10,123—81,288
Nasim GolzadehRSU10,123—81,288
Alan StewartPSU12,148—97,548
Nasim GolzadehPSU12,148—97,548
Alan StewartPSU18,155—145,785
Nasim GolzadehPSU18,155—145,785
Ralph ClarkRSU22,804—183,116
Alan StewartRSU27,234—218,689
Nasim GolzadehRSU27,234—218,689
Ralph ClarkOption28,73032.89—
Ralph ClarkPSU38,873—312,150
Ralph ClarkPSU58,097—466,519
Ralph ClarkRSU58,309—761,516
Ralph ClarkRSU96,831—777,553
Nasim GolzadehPSU328,125—1,293,015
Alan StewartPSU375,000—1,293,015
Alan StewartPSU378,000—3,035,347
Ralph ClarkPSU468,750—4,137,624
Ralph ClarkPSU472,500—3,818,151
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Deborah A. GrantIndependent · Board Chair · Compensation and Human Capital (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance$61,059$144,697$0$0$0$205,756
Ruby SharmaIndependent · Audit (Chair)60,000129,191000189,191
Marc MorialIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)57,500129,191000186,691
Roberta JacobsonIndependent · Compensation and Human Capital · Nominating and Corporate Governance48,000129,191000177,191
William J. BrattonIndependent · Compensation and Human Capital45,000129,191000174,191
Burton GoldfieldIndependent · Audit · Compensation and Human Capital · Newly elected24,876147,076000171,952
Pascal LevensohnIndependent · Audit · Departed during FY27,261—00027,261
Ralph A. ClarkEmployee director000—00

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer$125,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)10,000 / 5,000 / 7,500
Stock ownership guideline$120,000

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$323,696
Equity awards (grant-date value)$808,537
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,132,233

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Soundthinking as a peer

Companies that benchmark against SSTI

6 companies name SSTI as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses SSTI in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named SSTI in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

The companies Soundthinking, Inc names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Mitek Systems, Inc.2025Edward H. West$500,000$7,902,361$0$761,500$9,414,057
2Kaltura, Inc.2025Ron Yekutiel552,9855,431,5790353,4716,412,754
3Intuitive Machines, Inc.2025Stephen Altemus732,5073,500,0000306,8565,066,113
4Ooma, Inc.2026Eric Stang619,5513,852,8000500,0005,028,580
5Soundthinking, Inc2025Ralph Clark472,5003,818,1510302,4004,600,051
6CS Disco, Inc.2025Eric Friedrichsen550,0002,837,0110544,5004,063,757
7OneSpan Inc.2025Victor Limongelli600,0002,500,0210150,0003,627,046
8Matterport Inc2023R.j. Pittman406,2502,649,6000383,6253,439,475
9Telos Corporation2025John B. Wood600,0002,200,075002,848,275
10Veritone, Inc.2025Ryan Steelberg665,0001,675,200002,506,450
11Digimarc Corporation2025Riley McCormack415,0001,662,9310371,8402,449,771
12Arteris, Inc.2025K. Charles Janac477,000635,513557,924480,5302,166,523
13Expensify, Inc.2025David Barrett1,845,85157,853001,903,704
14Latch, Inc.2025David Lillis450,68500255,244976,340
15CoreCard Corporation2024J. Leland Strange500,000152,68800906,669
16Inuvo, Inc.2025Robert Buchner84,375447,65000594,525
17eGain Corporation2026Ashutosh Roy250,000015,83637,500303,336
18Axon Enterprise, Inc.2025Patrick Smith31,20100040,001
19Rekor Systems, Inc.2025Robert Berman10001
—ON24, Inc.——————not in coverage universe

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Soundthinking, Incnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50NoAon
Arteris, Inc.109.5%RSU 50 · Options 50not disclosedCompensia, Inc.
Axon Enterprise, Inc.135.9%not disclosedNoSemler Brossy
CoreCard Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
CS Disco, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedNoCompensia, Inc.
Digimarc Corporationnot disclosedPRSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosedF.W. Cook & Co.
eGain Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Expensify, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosednot disclosed
Intuitive Machines, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosedExequity LLP
Inuvo, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosednot disclosed
Kaltura, Inc.68%RSU 100not disclosedFW Cook
Latch, Inc.not disclosedOption 100not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Matterport Incnot disclosedRSU 100not disclosedCompensia, Inc.
Mitek Systems, Inc.152.3%PSU 80 · RSU 20NoFrederic W. Cook & Company, Inc.
ON24, Inc.79.3%not disclosedNoCompensia
OneSpan Inc.25%PSU 75 · RSU 25NoFrederic W. Cook & Co, Inc.
Ooma, Inc.80%RSU 100not disclosedCompensia Inc.
Rekor Systems, Inc.not disclosedRSU 100not disclosednot disclosed
Telos Corporation152%PSU 100NoZayla Partners
Veritone, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedYes — Relative TSR Metric - percentile ranking of Company's total shareholder return relative to S&P Software Services IndexCompensia, Inc.

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-033,778,3742,741,80912,74457.95%Passed
20252025-06-048,718,378202,79728,12997.73%Passed
20232023-06-216,149,2182,831,2063,27668.45%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-06-0357.95%a
20252025-06-0497.73%b
20232023-06-2168.45%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will be counted towards the vote total for each of Proposals 2 and 4, and will have the same effect as “AGAINST” votes.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)—
CEO total compensation—
Median employee compensation—
Insider trades since the proxy

Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

InsiderRoleTransaction dateCodeSharesPriceValueSecuritySource
Ralph A. ClarkDirector2026-05-19A239,880$0$0CommonForm 4 ↗
Alan StewartChief Financial Officer2026-05-19A74,96300CommonForm 4 ↗
Kirk ArthurSVP, Sales2026-05-19A56,22200CommonForm 4 ↗
David JochimSee remarks2026-06-01A30,00000Derivative, Class A CommonForm 4 ↗
David JochimSee remarks2026-06-01A36,39000CommonForm 4 ↗
Deborah A. GrantDirector2026-06-03A20,36100RSUForm 4 ↗
Burton GoldfieldDirector2026-06-03A18,18000RSUForm 4 ↗
Roberta JacobsonDirector2026-06-03A18,18000RSUForm 4 ↗
William J. BrattonDirector2026-06-03A18,18000RSUForm 4 ↗
Ruby SharmaDirector2026-06-03A18,18000RSUForm 4 ↗
Marc MorialDirector2026-06-03A18,18000RSUForm 4 ↗
Kirk ArthurSVP, Sales2026-06-05D1,444810,844CommonForm 4 ↗
David JochimSee remarks2026-08-31D1,16267,032CommonForm 4 ↗
Kirk ArthurSVP, Sales2026-08-31D1,18367,619CommonForm 4 ↗

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

Sources (54 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Ralph Clark. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 36. As printed: 4,600,051. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Alan Stewart. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,714,624. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Nasim Golzadeh. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,637,431. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Nasim Golzadeh PRSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Alan Stewart PRSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ralph Clark PRSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. 10-K, filed 2026-03-30. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Deborah A. Grant. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 205,756. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ruby Sharma. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 189,191. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Marc Morial. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 186,691. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Roberta Jacobson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 177,191. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, William J. Bratton. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 174,191. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Burton Goldfield. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 171,952. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Pascal Levensohn. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 27,261. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ralph A. Clark. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Ralph A. Clark 2026-05-19. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Alan Stewart 2026-05-19. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Kirk Arthur 2026-05-19. Form 4, filed 2026-05-21. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, David Jochim 2026-06-01. Form 4, filed 2026-06-03. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, David Jochim 2026-06-01. Form 4, filed 2026-06-03. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Deborah A. Grant 2026-06-03. Form 4, filed 2026-06-25. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Burton Goldfield 2026-06-03. Form 4, filed 2026-06-25. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Roberta Jacobson 2026-06-03. Form 4, filed 2026-06-25. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, William J. Bratton 2026-06-03. Form 4, filed 2026-06-25. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Ruby Sharma 2026-06-03. Form 4, filed 2026-06-25. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Marc Morial 2026-06-03. Form 4, filed 2026-06-25. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Kirk Arthur 2026-06-05. Form 4, filed 2026-06-09. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, David Jochim 2026-08-31. Form 4, filed 2026-09-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 02, Kirk Arthur 2026-08-31. Form 4, filed 2026-09-02. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-04. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 57.95% (votes for as printed: 3,778,374). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-05. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.73% (votes for as printed: 8,718,378). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2023 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2023-06-22. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 68.45% (votes for as printed: 6,149,218). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 323,696 + equity 808,537 + all other 0 = 1,132,233, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Mitek Systems, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Mitek Systems, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,414,057. View filing ↗
  • Kaltura, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Kaltura, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,412,754. View filing ↗
  • Intuitive Machines, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Intuitive Machines, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,066,113. View filing ↗
  • Ooma, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Ooma, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,028,580. View filing ↗
  • Soundthinking, Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Soundthinking, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 4,600,051. View filing ↗
  • CS Disco, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in CS Disco, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,063,757. View filing ↗
  • OneSpan Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in OneSpan Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,627,046. View filing ↗
  • Matterport Inc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Matterport Inc's own proxy. As printed: 3,439,475. View filing ↗
  • Telos Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Telos Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,848,275. View filing ↗
  • Veritone, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Veritone, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,506,450. View filing ↗
  • Digimarc Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Digimarc Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,449,771. View filing ↗
  • Arteris, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Arteris, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,166,523. View filing ↗
  • Expensify, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Expensify, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,903,704. View filing ↗
  • Latch, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Latch, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 976,340. View filing ↗
  • CoreCard Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-14. CEO total compensation as printed in CoreCard Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 906,669. View filing ↗
  • Inuvo, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Inuvo, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 594,525. View filing ↗
  • eGain Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-13. CEO total compensation as printed in eGain Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 303,336. View filing ↗
  • Axon Enterprise, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Axon Enterprise, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 40,001. View filing ↗
  • Rekor Systems, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Rekor Systems, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Telos Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Telos Corporation names Soundthinking, Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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