TruGolf names interim CEO after founder Chris Jones resigns

TruGolf Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: TRUG) announced the resignation of founder Chris Jones as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the company, according to a press release dated Sept. 23, 2026.

Brenner Adams, TruGolf's Chairman of the Board, will serve as Interim CEO while the company conducts a search for a permanent replacement. Adams previously worked on Microsoft's Xbox team, served as Global Brand Director at Burton Snowboards, and held a senior officer role at TruGolf. He currently serves as Chief Strategist at TrueMark, an AWS Advanced Tier Partner.

The board also appointed Jay Heller as a new director, filling the seat vacated by Jones. Heller is the CEO of K Lab, a technology company focused on programmable payments infrastructure. He previously spent 18 years at Nasdaq, where he served as Vice President and Head of Capital Markets and IPO Execution, overseeing more than 3,000 public listings including those of Coinbase, Airbnb, Rivian, and CoreWeave.

"We want to thank Chris for his years of dedication to both the golf simulation industry and to TruGolf," Adams said in the release. "We also want to welcome Jay to the Board."

Adams also noted that the company is working toward closing its previously announced acquisition of Polymath, which he described as intended to create a digitization company with two lines of business.

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