Brendhan Botkin
Vice President of Accounting & Financial Reporting (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) at 
Phunware
PhunwareExecutive
About Brendhan Botkin
Brendhan Botkin is Vice President of Accounting & Financial Reporting at Phunware and serves as the Company’s Principal Accounting and Financial Officer. He joined Phunware as Controller in April 2017 and was appointed VP in 2021; he is 46 years old, holds a BS in Accounting from Auburn University and an MPA from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Texas-licensed CPA . Proxy disclosures reviewed do not tie Botkin’s pay to specific performance metrics (e.g., TSR, revenue growth, EBITDA) and he is not listed among the named executive officers for whom compensation tables are provided .
Past Roles
| Organization | Role | Years | Strategic Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phunware, Inc. | Controller; later VP Accounting & Financial Reporting; Principal Accounting & Financial Officer | 2017–present | Company principal accounting leadership and reporting oversight |
| Acuity Healthcare Solutions | Chief Financial Officer | 2016–2017 | Finance leadership for in-home post-hospitalization care provider |
| Circular Energy | Chief Financial Officer | 2014–2015 | Finance leadership at Texas-based renewable energy company |
| Vast.com | Corporate Controller | 2011–2014 | Corporate accounting and controls |
| Propane Direct Enterprises | Chief Financial Officer | 2009–2011 | Finance and operations oversight |
| Tatum LLC | Consultant | 2007–2009 | Finance/consulting roles |
| Ernst & Young (Austin); KPMG (Atlanta) | Public Accounting | Early career | Audit/public accounting foundation |
External Roles
- No external public-company directorships or board committee roles are disclosed in the DEF 14A biographies of executive officers reviewed .
Fixed Compensation
- Botkin is not a “named executive officer” (NEO) in Phunware’s proxy, and therefore no base salary, target bonus, or actual bonus paid are disclosed for him in the Summary Compensation Table for 2024/2023 .
- Director fee tables and NEO equity tables do not include Botkin, reinforcing that detailed cash compensation disclosure is not provided for his role .
Performance Compensation
- No performance-based compensation structure (RSUs/PSUs metrics, option grants, weighting, targets, or payout curves) is disclosed for Botkin. The “Outstanding Equity Awards” table enumerates awards for certain NEOs (e.g., Chief Legal Officer) but does not include Botkin .
- Phunware states it generally issues executive equity awards on a limited and infrequent basis and does not time grants around MNPI; however, this statement is general and not specific to Botkin .
Equity Ownership & Alignment
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Shares beneficially owned | 9,854 shares |
| Ownership as % of outstanding | 0.0% (based on 20,187,326 shares outstanding) |
| Vested vs. unvested | Not disclosed for Botkin; awards table does not list him |
| Options exercisable/unexercisable | Not disclosed for Botkin |
| Shares pledged as collateral | No pledging disclosure found; Insider Trading Policy prohibits hedging and derivative transactions but does not explicitly address pledging in the cited sections |
| Stock ownership guidelines | No executive ownership guideline multiples disclosed in proxies reviewed |
- Insider trading and hedging policy: hedging, puts/calls, and derivative transactions in Phunware securities are prohibited for directors, officers, employees, and agents .
- Section 16(a) compliance: late filings are listed for certain individuals; Botkin is not named among those with late reports in the disclosure .
Employment Terms
- Executive officers serve at the discretion of the Board until successors are appointed, or earlier resignation/removal; biography section confirms Botkin’s current executive status .
- Phunware typically enters into employment agreements with its named executive officers and delineates severance/change-in-control terms for certain NEOs; such specific contract terms are not disclosed for Botkin .
- Non-compete/non-solicit: these provisions appear in certain separation agreements for other executives; no Botkin-specific non-compete/non-solicit terms are disclosed in the proxies reviewed .
Investment Implications
- Alignment: Botkin’s disclosed beneficial ownership is 9,854 shares (0.0%), indicating a relatively small direct equity stake versus total shares outstanding; the absence of disclosed outstanding awards or ownership guideline requirements reduces visibility into long-term equity alignment .
- Selling pressure: No Form 4 analysis could be completed due to authorization issues with insider trade data; proxies do not list vested/unvested holdings or scheduled vest dates for Botkin, limiting assessment of near-term selling pressure. Phunware’s hedging prohibition is a positive alignment factor, reducing the ability to hedge away exposure .
- Retention risk: Because Botkin is not a named executive officer with disclosed severance/change-in-control economics, retention leverage from contractual protections is unknown; the company historically provides severance/change-in-control terms for NEOs, but Botkin-specific terms are not disclosed .
- Governance/controls: As Principal Accounting and Financial Officer, Botkin occupies a critical control function. No adverse legal proceedings or delinquent Section 16(a) reporting are attributed to him in the disclosure reviewed, modestly mitigating governance/red-flag concerns .
Data gaps: Detailed compensation elements (salary, target bonus, equity grants, vesting schedules), pledging status, and ownership guidelines for Botkin are not disclosed in the reviewed proxies. Consider supplementing with current Form 4 filings once accessible and any 8-K appointments specifically referencing Botkin.