---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001048695-24-000136"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FFIV"
cik: "0001048695"
company_name: "F5, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:33:31.775465+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# F5 appoints COO and CRO; Chief Product Officer to resign in November 2024

## Summary
- Thomas D. Fountain appointed as COO effective August 30, 2024; previously EVP Global Services and Chief Strategy Officer.
- Chad Whalen appointed as CRO effective August 30, 2024; previously EVP Worldwide Sales.
- Kara Sprague, EVP and Chief Product Officer, notified resignation effective November 2, 2024.
- No family relationships or material interests in transactions disclosed for new officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001048695-24-000136
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FFIV
- cik: 0001048695
- company_name: F5, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869524000136/0001048695-24-000136-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869524000136/ffiv-20240827.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001048695-24-000136.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas D. Fountain was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at F5, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On August 30, 2024, the Board of Directors of F5, Inc. (the “Company” or “F5”) appointed, effective August 30, 2024, Thomas D. Fountain, age 48, as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) (principal operating officer), and Chad Whalen, age 53, as the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer (“CRO”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869524000136/0001048695-24-000136-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chad Whalen was appointed as Chief Revenue Officer at F5, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Revenue Officer
  source text: On August 30, 2024, the Board of Directors of F5, Inc. (the “Company” or “F5”) appointed, effective August 30, 2024, Thomas D. Fountain, age 48, as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) (principal operating officer), and Chad Whalen, age 53, as the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer (“CRO”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869524000136/0001048695-24-000136-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kara Sprague resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at F5, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer
  source text: On August 27, 2024, Kara Sprague, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer of F5, Inc., notified the Company that she will resign from her position effective November 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869524000136/0001048695-24-000136-index.htm

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