---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001261333-23-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DOCU"
cik: "0001261333"
company_name: "DOCUSIGN, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:16:31.209853+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DocuSign appoints Blake Grayson as CFO, effective after Q1 FY2024 earnings release

## Summary
- Blake Grayson, former CFO of The Trade Desk and Amazon finance leader, becomes DocuSign CFO.
- Start date expected after DocuSign's Q1 FY2024 earnings announcement; succeeds Cynthia Gaylor.
- Compensation includes $500k base salary, target bonus 100% of base, $1M signing bonus, and RSU awards totaling ~$32.5M.
- RSU awards: $20M sign-on RSU vesting over 4 years quarterly; $7.5M vesting at 12-month anniversary; $5M vesting over 15 months and quarterly thereafter.
- Severance agreement provides 12 months salary, bonus, COBRA, and equity vesting upon qualifying termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001261333-23-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DOCU
- cik: 0001261333
- company_name: DOCUSIGN, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133323000058/0001261333-23-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133323000058/docu-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Blake Grayson was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at DOCUSIGN, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 16, 2023, DocuSign, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Blake Grayson would be joining the Company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of Mr. Grayson’s start date, expected to occur following the Company's earnings announcement for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 (the “CFO Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1261333/000126133323000058/0001261333-23-000058-index.htm

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