---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-24-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:39:16.191543+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VeriSign President and COO Todd Strubbe to retire April 5; CEO Bidzos to assume President role

## Summary
- Todd Strubbe, President and COO, retiring effective April 5, 2024 after nine years.
- Board elects CEO D. James Bidzos to resume President role effective upon retirement.
- Strubbe served as COO since April 2015 and President since February 2020.
- Bidzos previously held President from August 2011 to February 2020.
- Strubbe to serve as advisor post-retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-24-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447324000008/0001014473-24-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447324000008/vrsn-20240212.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-24-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-24-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-24-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  D. James Bidzos was elected as President at VERISIGN INC/CA.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: President
  source text: The Board has elected D. James Bidzos, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, to resume the office of President, which he previously held from August 2011 to February 2020, effective upon the date of Mr. Strubbe’s retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447324000008/0001014473-24-000008-index.htm
- Executive change
  Todd B. Strubbe departed as President and Chief Operating Officer at VERISIGN INC/CA.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 12, 2024, Todd B. Strubbe, President and Chief Operating Officer of VeriSign, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) of his intention to retire, effective April 5, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447324000008/0001014473-24-000008-index.htm

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