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accession: "0001193125-24-258535"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001699838"
company_name: "Confluent, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T00:30:54.588598+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Confluent CTO Chad Verbowski retiring effective Nov 26, 2024; advisor through Feb 2025

## Summary
- Chad Verbowski steps down as CTO to take a career break; effective November 26, 2024.
- Verbowski will serve as advisor until February 21, 2025 to assist with transition.
- Engineering organization to report directly to CEO during search for replacement.
- Confluent is actively searching for a new CTO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-258535
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001699838
- company_name: Confluent, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-14T23:59:59+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/1699838/000119312524258535/0001193125-24-258535-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699838/000119312524258535/d804737d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-258535
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-258535.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-258535.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chad Verbowski departed as Chief Technology Officer at Confluent, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: Chad Verbowski will retire from Confluent, Inc. (“Confluent”) as Chief Technology Officer effective as of November 26, 2024, in order to take a career break.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699838/000119312524258535/0001193125-24-258535-index.htm

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