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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-101531"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRWD"
cik: "0001535527"
company_name: "CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T20:25:22.383816+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CrowdStrike Chief Accounting Officer Abhishek Maheshwari resigns effective Sept 20

## Summary
- Abhishek Maheshwari, CAO and principal accounting officer, resigned effective Sept 20, 2021.
- No replacement announced; CFO Burt W. Podbere signed the filing.
- Departure follows CrowdStrike's recent growth; no reason for resignation provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-101531
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRWD
- cik: 0001535527
- company_name: CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-06T23:59:59+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/1535527/000110465921101531/0001104659-21-101531-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921101531/tm2124374d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-101531
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-101531.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-101531.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Abhishek Maheshwari resigned as Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer at CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer
  source text: On August 4, 2021, Abhishek Maheshwari, the Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (“CrowdStrike”), notified CrowdStrike of his decision to resign effective September 20, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921101531/0001104659-21-101531-index.htm

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