---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-117007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRWD"
cik: "0001535527"
company_name: "CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:56:44.595193+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CrowdStrike CAO Abhishek Maheshwari resigns; CFO Burt Podbere named principal accounting officer

## Summary
- CAO Abhishek Maheshwari resigns effective Sept 20, 2021 to pursue other opportunities.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with auditors or management on accounting matters.
- CFO Burt Podbere appointed as principal accounting officer effective Sept 20, retains CFO role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-117007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRWD
- cik: 0001535527
- company_name: CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921117007/0001104659-21-117007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921117007/tm2127949d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-117007
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-117007.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-117007.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Burt W. Podbere was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: In connection with Mr. Maheshwari’s resignation, Burt W. Podbere, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as the Company’s principal accounting officer effective as of September 20, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921117007/0001104659-21-117007-index.htm
- Executive change
  Abhishek Maheshwari resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: As previously reported, on August 4, 2021, Abhishek Maheshwari, the Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) notified the Company of his decision to resign effective as of September 20, 2021, in order to pursue other career opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535527/000110465921117007/0001104659-21-117007-index.htm

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