Guidewire Software Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Technology
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 24, 2025
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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.
Effective July 24, 2025, the Board of Directors of Guidewire Software, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed David Peterson, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
Mr. Peterson, age 64, served first as the Company’s Corporate Controller from July 2018 to May 2020 and has served as the Chief Accounting Officer since May 2020. Prior to joining the Company, he served as a consulting external chief financial officer to various entities from November 2016 to June 2018, and served as chief financial officer of Keynote Systems, Inc., a marketing software company, from January 2014 to October 2015, and as its chief accounting officer and corporate controller from July 2009 to December 2013. Mr. Peterson holds a B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Peterson and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as the principal accounting officer of the Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Peterson and any director, executive officer or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. No information is required to be disclosed with respect to Mr. Peterson pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S‑K.
In connection with Mr. Peterson’s appointment as the Company’s principal accounting officer, no new compensation arrangements have been established for him at this time. Mr. Peterson’s current compensation arrangements will continue, which include an annual base salary of $310,000 and eligibility for an annual cash bonus with a target of 50% of his base salary. From September 2018 through September 2024, Mr. Peterson has received various time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance-based RSUs under the Company’s 2011 Stock Plan and 2020 Stock Plan.
Mr. Peterson has entered into the Company’s standard form of executive agreement and the standard form of indemnification agreement.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ JEFF COOPER | ||||
| Jeff Cooper | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| Date: | July 29, 2025 | ||||