---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000816761-25-000101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDC"
cik: "0000816761"
company_name: "TERADATA CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T19:54:06.620198+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Teradata appoints John Ederer as CFO effective May 12, 2025

## Summary
- John Ederer, 56, previously CFO of Model N (cloud revenue mgmt), succeeds interim CFO Charles Smotherman.
- Charles Smotherman returns to his previous role as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer.
- Ederer receives $530k base salary, 100% target bonus, and $9.0M in equity awards (RSUs + performance RSUs).
- New hire RSUs ($4.5M) vest 50% at 6 months, 33% at 2 yrs, 17% at 3 yrs; annual RSUs ($2.25M) vest over 3 yrs.
- Performance RSUs ($2.25M) tie to same 3-yr goals as other senior executives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000816761-25-000101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDC
- cik: 0000816761
- company_name: TERADATA CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/816761/000081676125000101/0000816761-25-000101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/816761/000081676125000101/tdc-20250505.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000816761-25-000101.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles Smotherman changed role as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at TERADATA CORP /DE/.
  - Action: return
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Charles Smotherman, interim Chief Financial Officer, will return to his previous role with the Company as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/816761/000081676125000101/0000816761-25-000101-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Ederer was elected as Chief Financial Officer at TERADATA CORP /DE/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Teradata’s Board of Directors elected John Ederer as Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer (“CFO”) of the Company, effective May 12, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/816761/000081676125000101/0000816761-25-000101-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.