---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-074757"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOCU"
cik: "0001261333"
company_name: "DOCUSIGN, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:07:13.599032+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DocuSign appoints new President/CRO and CTO; President of Field Ops departing

## Summary
- Steve Shute to step down as President, Worldwide Field Operations, effective Aug 11, 2024; receives $550K severance plus benefits.
- Paula Hansen (ex-Alteryx President/CRO) named President and CRO, start Aug 5; receives $550K base, $4M signing bonus, $27M in equity awards.
- Sagnik Nandy (ex-Okta President/CDO) named CTO, start Aug 5, to lead engineering for new Intelligent Agreement Management platform.
- New leaders complete senior team for IAM platform launched May 30; Kamal Hathi also departing after Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-074757
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOCU
- cik: 0001261333
- company_name: DOCUSIGN, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000110465924074757/0001104659-24-074757-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000110465924074757/tm2417685d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve Shute departed as President, Worldwide Field Operations at DOCUSIGN, INC..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: President, Worldwide Field Operations
  source text: Steve Shute, the Company’s President, Worldwide Field Operations, will step down from his position and his employment will end effective August 11 , 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000110465924074757/0001104659-24-074757-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paula Hansen was appointed as President and Chief Revenue Officer at DOCUSIGN, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Revenue Officer
  source text: Paula Hansen will join the Company as its President and Chief Revenue Officer, effective as of Ms. Hansen’s start date, expected to occur on August 5, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000110465924074757/0001104659-24-074757-index.htm

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