---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-209025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001333835"
company_name: "Casa Systems Inc"
filed_at: "2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T16:49:58.854327+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Casa Systems appoints Philip Paro as VP and CAO, effective Sept 5, 2023

## Summary
- Philip Paro to become VP and Chief Accounting Officer, starting September 5, 2023.
- Edward Durkin remains CFO but steps down as principal accounting officer on the effective date.
- Paro receives annual base salary of $285,000 and 40% target bonus.
- Subject to compensation committee approval, Paro will receive $101,000 RSU sign-on award.
- Paro previously served at Tomorrow.io, Fuze, Actifio, and other firms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-209025
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001333835
- company_name: Casa Systems Inc
- filed_at: 2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333835/000119312523209025/0001193125-23-209025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333835/000119312523209025/d530159d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-209025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-209025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-209025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward Durkin changed role as Chief Financial Officer at Casa Systems Inc.
  - Action: will no longer serve as the principal accounting officer
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Edward Durkin, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer, will no longer serve as the principal accounting officer effective as of the Effective Date, but will remain the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333835/000119312523209025/0001193125-23-209025-index.htm
- Executive change
  Philip E. Paro, Jr. was appointed as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Casa Systems Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 5, 2023, Casa Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Philip E. Paro, Jr. to serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer and to the positions of Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective as of September 5, 2023 the (“Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333835/000119312523209025/0001193125-23-209025-index.htm

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