Company: BLND
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001855747-25-000068
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Company: Blend Labs, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On August 7, 2025, Blend Labs, Inc. (the “ Company”) announced that Jason Ream has been appointed as Head of Finance and Administration of the Company. Mr. Ream joined the Company as Head of Administration on August 7, 2025 and will assume the role of Head of Finance (principal financial officer) following the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Mr. Ream will succeed Amir Jafari, the Company’s current Head of Finance and Administration, who will depart the Company following a transition period.

Mr. Ream, age 53, served as Senior Managing Director of Haveli Investments, L. P. (“ Haveli”), a private equity firm, from March 2022 to August 2025. From September 2021 to February 2022, Mr. Ream served as a Special Advisor to SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc., a provider of enterprise identity security solutions, and as Chief Financial Officer from May 2019 to August 2021. From July 2018 to May 2019, Mr. Ream served as Chief Financial Officer of Mitratech Holdings, Inc., a provider of legal and compliance software solutions. From April 2016 to March 2018, Mr. Ream served as Chief Financial Officer of Relativity ODA, LLC, a provider of e-discovery software solutions. Mr. Ream also held various positions at SolarWinds Corporation, a provider of IT infrastructure management software, from April 2009 to April 2016, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from October 2013 to April 2016, Vice President of Growth Strategy from October 2012 to October 2013, and Vice President, Tools from December 2011 to October 2012. Prior to joining SolarWinds, Mr. Ream worked for J. P. Morgan as an executive director in investment banking from July 2006 to January 2009. From July 1999 to July 2006, he held various roles in investment banking at UBS, Piper Jaffray, and Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Ream received an A. B. in mathematics from Amherst College.

In connection with Mr. Ream’s appointment as Head