---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-006625"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:51:50.010187+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward streamlines aerospace/industrial structure; President Engine Systems departs

## Summary
- Sagar A. Patel, President Engine Systems, departs Oct 18, 2022.
- Roger A. Ross becomes SVP, Missiles & Space; Terry Voskuil becomes Aerospace Segment President.
- Randy Hobbs (ex-GE) joins as President, Industrial Segment; Jeff Stewart enters phased retirement.
- Aerospace segment combines Aircraft Turbine Systems and Aero Systems; Industrial combines Engine Systems and Turbomachinery Systems.
- Ross received amended severance with extended Good Reason notice period to 18 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-006625
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184322006625/0001171843-22-006625-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184322006625/f8k_101822.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-006625.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roger A. Ross was appointed as Sr. Vice President, Missiles & Space at Woodward, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Sr. Vice President, Missiles & Space
  source text: Roger A. Ross, who previously served as President, Aero Systems, will serve as Sr. Vice President, Missiles & Space, effective as of October 18, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184322006625/0001171843-22-006625-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sagar A. Patel departed as President, Engine Systems at Woodward, Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: President, Engine Systems
  source text: Sagar A. Patel, who previously served as President, Engine Systems, departed the Company effective October 18, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184322006625/0001171843-22-006625-index.htm

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