---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058290-25-000144"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTSH"
cik: "0001058290"
company_name: "COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T07:25:12.917377+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognizant appoints Alina Kerdman as CAO, replacing retiring Robert Telesmanic

## Summary
- Robert Telesmanic to retire as SVP, Controller & CAO effective July 1, 2025; will stay as special advisor through Dec 31, 2025.
- Alina Kerdman, current SVP Assistant Global Controller since Dec 2023, appointed as new CAO effective July 1, 2025.
- Kerdman's compensation: $400k base salary, $200k cash incentive target, $600k annual equity target ($300k PSUs + $300k RSUs).
- Transition equity awards: RSUs of $150k and PSUs of ~$50k to be granted on July 1, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058290-25-000144
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTSH
- cik: 0001058290
- company_name: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000144/0001058290-25-000144-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000144/ctsh-20250523.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Telesmanic departed as SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On May 23, 2025, Robert Telesmanic notified Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the “Company”) of his plans to retire from his role as SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective as of July 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000144/0001058290-25-000144-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alina Kerdman was appointed as SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On May 28, 2025, the Board of Directors approved the appointment of Alina Kerdman as SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective as of July 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058290/000105829025000144/0001058290-25-000144-index.htm

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