DZS Executive Compensation (FY22)
DZSI · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 only
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Data as of September 5, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 1, 2023
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Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is DZS' chief executive and what were they paid?
Charles Vogt was paid $4,702,529 in total compensation as President & CEO for fiscal 2022.
What was DZS' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 62.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 30, 2023 for fiscal 2022.
Which companies are in DZS' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Adtran Inc., Applied Optoelectronics Inc., Aviat Networks, Inc., Calix, Inc. and Casa Systems, Inc., among others.
What is DZS' chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 66:1 for fiscal 2022, against median employee compensation of $71,389.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Vogt President & CEO | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Justin Ferguson CLO & Corporate Secretary | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Misty Kawecki CFO | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Norman Foust Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Miguel Alonso Chief Product Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles D. Vogt | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Charles D. Vogt | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Justin K. Ferguson | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Justin K. Ferguson | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Miguel Alonso | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Miguel Alonso | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Misty Kawecki | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Misty Kawecki | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Norman L. Foust | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Norman L. Foust | RSU | — | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2022 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Alonso | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Justin Ferguson | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | |
| Misty Kawecki | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Charles Vogt | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Norman Foust | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Charles Vogt
President & CEO · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2023 filing
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Justin Ferguson
CLO & Corporate Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2023 filing
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Miguel Alonso
Chief Product Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2023 filing
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Misty Kawecki
CFO · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2023 filing
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Equity acceleration on change in control | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2022
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joon Kyung Kim | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Barbara Carbone | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
David Schopp Lead independent director | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Matt W. Bross | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Min Woo Nam Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Choon Yul Yoo | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Charles D. Vogt served on the board in fiscal 2022 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2022
- Adtran Inc. ADTN
- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. AAOI
- Aviat Networks, Inc. AVNW
- Calix, Inc. CALX
- Casa Systems, Inc. CASA
- Ciena Corp. CIEN
- Digi International Inc. DGII
- Extreme Networks Inc. EXTR
- F5 Networks, Inc. FFIV
- Harmonic Inc. HLIT
- Infinera Corp. INFN
- Juniper Networks Inc JNPR
- Ribbon Communications, Inc. RBBN
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | May 30, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | May 26, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | October 30, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2015 | September 8, 2016 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact DZS disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where DZS sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceSay-on-pay responsiveness
DZS recorded a low support level. The responsiveness analysis covers what the company said it would do, what it did, and how that compares with the companies that recovered their vote.
Responsiveness analysisAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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111 figures on this page: 107 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
107 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001101680-23-000058Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001101680-23-000033Compensation Discussion and Analysis · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2022 · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2022 · and 1 more section
- 0001564590-20-027027Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001101680-17-000075
- 0001101680-16-000105
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}