President, Chief Executive Officer and Director · AtriCure, Inc. (ATRC)

Michael Carrel

A named executive officer of AtriCure in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$9,217,620

FY2024: $11,070,400

1st of 5 named executive officers at AtriCure by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for AtriCure, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. AtriCure’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 6, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Michael Carrel compensation by year

AtriCure Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as AtriCure reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$645,750$670,650$714,375$740,375$717,898$766,320$795,478$804,310$824,417$828,439
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0
Stock awards$3,667,500$3,032,000$2,249,984$3,999,977$4,469,079$5,594,896$6,722,916$6,738,465$9,350,144$7,203,478
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0
Non-equity incentive$183,720$432,459$822,816$1,068,384$360,809$1,149,480$816,374$1,193,314$882,039$1,171,703
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0
All other$21,090$21,240$20,822$21,039$21,259$24,378$12,200$13,200$13,800$14,000
Total$4,518,060$4,156,349$3,807,997$5,829,775$5,569,045$7,535,074$8,346,968$8,749,289$11,070,400$9,217,620

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: AtriCure, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 6, 2026, accession 0001323885-26-000010, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the AtriCure, Inc. filed document, accession 0001323885-26-000010. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 6, 2026.

$4.5M
$4.2M
$3.8M
$5.8M
$5.6M
$7.5M
$8.3M
$8.7M
$11.1M
$9.2M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU118,660$4,694,190—
PSU117,449$4,646,282—
PSU101,280$4,006,637—
RSU50,335$1,991,253—
RSU33,902$1,341,163—
RSU15,331$606,494—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in AtriCure, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 6, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-30Gift—700$0.00778,434
2026-07-30Gift—4,000$0.00774,434
2026-06-30Grant or award—636$23.78779,134

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

AtriCure’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael Carrel · this pagePresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$9,217,620
Douglas SeithChief Operating Officer$3,949,983
Angela WirickChief Financial Officer$3,574,913
Salvatore PriviteraChief Technical Officer$2,713,986
Justin NozneskyChief Marketing and Strategy Officer$2,449,880

Board service

AtriCure board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: AtriCure pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $175,000 in Restricted Stock. As stated in AtriCure's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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