---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001261333-22-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOCU"
cik: "0001261333"
company_name: "DOCUSIGN, INC."
filed_at: "2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:52:43.431610+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DocuSign CEO Dan Springer resigns; chair Maggie Wilderotter named interim CEO

## Summary
- Dan Springer resigns as President and CEO, effective June 20, 2022; COO Scott Olrich also resigns.
- Board Chair Mary Agnes 'Maggie' Wilderotter appointed interim CEO; Peter Solvik named Lead Independent Director.
- Interim CEO compensation: $734,000 annual base salary, monthly $67,283 service bonus, ~$4.55M RSU award.
- Enhanced severance for CFO Gaylor, President Shute, and Chief Legal Officer Shaughnessy for 12 months after resignation.
- Board retained a national executive search firm to find a permanent CEO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001261333-22-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOCU
- cik: 0001261333
- company_name: DOCUSIGN, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133322000118/0001261333-22-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133322000118/docu-20220616.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Olrich resigned as Chief Operating Officer at DOCUSIGN, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: accepted the resignation of Scott Olrich, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective June 20, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133322000118/0001261333-22-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Solvik was appointed as Lead Independent Director at DOCUSIGN, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: appointed Peter Solvik, a Class III director, to serve as the Company’s Lead Independent Director, effective as of June 16, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133322000118/0001261333-22-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dan Springer resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at DOCUSIGN, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: accepted the resignation of Dan Springer from his position as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 20, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133322000118/0001261333-22-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mary Agnes "Maggie" Wilderotter was appointed as interim President and Chief Executive Officer at DOCUSIGN, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Mary Agnes “Maggie” Wilderotter, a Class III director and Board Chair, as the Company’s interim President and Chief Executive Officer (the “Interim CEO”), effective as of the CEO Effective Date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133322000118/0001261333-22-000118-index.htm

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