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Strata Critical Medical (SRTA): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$5,326,170CEO William Heyburn · source
Say-on-pay support82.69%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers82nd pct.Of 18 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $910,438FY2023
  • $5,402,874FY2024
  • $5,326,170FY2025

CEO total pay was $5,326,170 in fiscal 2025, down from $5,402,874 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $516,667 · bonus $0 · stock awards $4,224,970 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Strata Critical Medical in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Melissa Tomkiel (Co-Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel) was the highest-paid executive at Strata Critical Medical in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $5,613,018.
How does Strata Critical Medical's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, William Heyburn's total compensation ranked at the 82nd percentile of Strata Critical Medical's disclosed peer group.
How did shareholders vote on Strata Critical Medical's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 82.69% of shareholders supported Strata Critical Medical's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Strata Critical Medical spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Strata Critical Medical reported total board compensation of $2,205,653 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
Melissa Tomkiel$533,333$0$4,478,470$0$559,000$0$42,215$5,613,018
Co-Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel
William Heyburn516,66704,224,9700541,000043,5335,326,170
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Robert Wiesenthal500,00002,281,5300688,00001,582,6015,052,131
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Former Chief Executive Officer
Scott Wunsch347,69201,579,2880444,679037,2232,408,882
CEO, Logistics
Amir Cohen375,0000301,8590221,00000897,859
Chief Accounting Officer

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
Melissa Tomkiel$5,613,018$6,134,597$1,005,081↓ −521,579
William Heyburn5,326,1705,402,874910,438↓ −76,704
Robert Wiesenthal5,052,1319,556,4451,719,791↓ −4,504,314
Scott Wunsch2,408,882———
Amir Cohen897,859———

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

Strata's compensation philosophy aims to attract, engage, and retain high-caliber talent while aligning executive interests with stockholders and tying pay to performance. The program is designed to incentivize growth by rewarding the achievement of specified short-term and long-term performance goals, using equity incentives to deliver sustained long-term value and market-competitive compensation to support the company's strategic pivot.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
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
Scott WunschRSU———51,050——

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
Scott WunschPSU2,979—$14,329
Scott WunschPSU3,653—17,571
Scott WunschPSU13,395—64,430
Amir CohenPSU21,829—104,997
Robert WiesenthalPSU40,607—195,320
Scott WunschPSU65,021—312,751
Amir CohenPSU83,090—399,663
William HeyburnPSU118,572—570,331
Melissa TomkielPSU118,572—570,331
Amir CohenPSU131,785—633,886
Scott WunschPSU228,690—1,099,999
William HeyburnPSU229,081—1,101,880
Melissa TomkielPSU232,948—1,120,480
William HeyburnPSU474,291—2,281,340
Melissa TomkielPSU474,291—2,281,340
William HeyburnPSU542,910—2,611,397
William HeyburnPSU571,070—2,746,847
Melissa TomkielPSU627,129—3,016,490
Melissa TomkielPSU658,928—3,169,444
Robert WiesenthalPSU686,499—3,302,060
Robert WiesenthalPSU2,263,720—10,888,493
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Andrew LauckIndependent · Audit (Chair)$32,500$408,897——$42,695$484,092
Reginald LoveIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)60,000134,319——87,835282,154
Edward PhilipIndependent · Audit · Compensation75,000134,319——46,030255,349
Kenneth LererIndependent14,375134,319——103,023251,717
Eric AffeldtIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance112,500134,319——0246,819
Susan LyneIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair)75,000134,319——28,612237,931
John BorthwickIndependent15,625134,319——75,133225,077
Will CookIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance0222,514——0222,514
Melissa TomkielEmployee director—————0
Robert WiesenthalEmployee director · Board Chair—————0
William HeyburnEmployee director—————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$150,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline$250,000

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$385,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,437,325
All other compensation$383,328
Total cost of the board$2,205,653

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

Peer group, and who names Strata Critical Medical as a peer

Companies that benchmark against SRTA

No companies currently name SRTA as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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.

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
1Archer Aviation Inc.2025Adam Goldstein$750,000$9,897,947$0$750,000$11,397,947
2Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.2025Michael Colglazier1,091,3463,523,08804,814,70010,745,916
3Strata Critical Medical2025William Heyburn516,6674,224,9700541,0005,326,170
4EVgo Inc.2025Badar Khan733,3333,296,2980677,0134,714,724
5Ceva, Inc.2025Amir Panush524,4573,686,4400242,5264,691,010
6Republic Airways Holdings Inc.2025David Grizzle270,0003,326,4000540,0004,262,081
7ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.2026Rick Wilmer625,0003,481,013004,106,013
8Joby Aviation, Inc.2025JoeBen Bevirt657,4333,045,189003,706,622
9DocGo Inc.2025Lee Bienstock785,0001,926,3460831,3153,571,951
10Brightcove Inc.2023Marc DeBevoise550,0001,382,2131,330,798192,5003,533,050
11Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.2024Jude Bricker649,9992,000,0000800,3133,481,966
12Veritone, Inc.2025Ryan Steelberg665,0001,675,200002,506,450
13Wheels Up Experience Inc.2025George Mattson625,00000490,0002,074,510
14Radiant Logistics, Inc.2026Bohn Crain476,827932,6720140,3241,592,033

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
Strata Critical Medicalnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon
Archer Aviation Inc.100%not disclosedYes — Relative TSRCompensia
Brightcove Inc.28.0%RSU 50 · Options 50Nonot disclosed
Ceva, Inc.58%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoMeridian Compensation Partners
ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.not disclosedPSU 75 · RSU 25NoFW Cook
DocGo Inc.105.9%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — TSR relative to the TSR of the constituents of the Nasdaq Health Care IndexCompensia
EVgo Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedPay Governance
Joby Aviation, Inc.64.5%not disclosedNoCompensia, Inc.
Radiant Logistics, Inc.not disclosedPSU 75 · RSU 25NoMeridian Compensation Partners
Republic Airways Holdings Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedExequity
Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Veritone, Inc.not disclosednot disclosedYes — Relative TSR Metric - percentile ranking of Company's total shareholder return relative to S&P Software Services IndexCompensia, Inc.
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.75.2%RSU 50 · Cash LTI 50NoMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Wheels Up Experience Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson US LLC

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
20262026-05-2838,497,9628,022,68235,67982.69%Passed
20252025-05-0630,045,37014,947,629680,49965.78%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
20262026-05-2882.69%a
20252025-05-0665.78%b

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers ("Say-on-Pay" Vote) -- Majority of Votes Present and Entitled to Vote Thereon”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers ("Say-on-Pay" Vote) -- Majority of Votes Present and Entitled to Vote Thereon”.

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.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (35 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, Melissa Tomkiel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 50. As printed: 5,613,018. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, William Heyburn. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 5,326,170. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Robert Wiesenthal. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 5,052,131. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Scott Wunsch. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,408,882. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Amir Cohen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 897,859. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Scott Wunsch RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Andrew Lauck. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 484,092. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Reginald Love. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 282,154. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Edward Philip. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 255,349. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kenneth Lerer. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 251,717. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Eric Affeldt. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 246,819. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Susan Lyne. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 237,931. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, John Borthwick. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 225,077. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Will Cook. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 222,514. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Melissa Tomkiel. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Robert Wiesenthal. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, William Heyburn. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-03. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 82.69% (votes for as printed: 38,497,962). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-08. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 65.78% (votes for as printed: 30,045,370). 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 385,000 + equity 1,437,325 + all other 383,328 = 2,205,653, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Archer Aviation Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Archer Aviation Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,397,947. View filing ↗
  • Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,745,916. View filing ↗
  • Strata Critical Medical (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-14. CEO total compensation as printed in Strata Critical Medical's own proxy. As printed: 5,326,170. View filing ↗
  • EVgo Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-03. CEO total compensation as printed in EVgo Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,714,724. View filing ↗
  • Ceva, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Ceva, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,691,010. View filing ↗
  • Republic Airways Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Republic Airways Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,262,081. View filing ↗
  • ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-28. CEO total compensation as printed in ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,106,013. View filing ↗
  • Joby Aviation, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Joby Aviation, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,706,622. View filing ↗
  • DocGo Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in DocGo Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,571,951. View filing ↗
  • Brightcove Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-03-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Brightcove Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,533,050. View filing ↗
  • Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,481,966. 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 ↗
  • Wheels Up Experience Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Wheels Up Experience Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,074,510. View filing ↗
  • Radiant Logistics, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Radiant Logistics, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,592,033. View filing ↗
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