---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001370637-22-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETSY"
cik: "0001370637"
company_name: "ETSY INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T23:51:54.376991+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Etsy names Rachana Kumar as CTO effective Jan 1, 2023; current CTO Mike Fisher to depart

## Summary
- Mike Fisher steps down as CTO Dec 31, 2022, stays advisory through April 2023.
- Rachana Kumar, VP of Engineering since 8+ years, promoted to CTO effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Kumar led mobile growth, product development, and built Mexico City office (~130 staff).
- Fisher departs to spend time with family; CEO cites his five-year transformative impact.
- Kumar will report to CEO Josh Silverman and join Etsy's executive team.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001370637-22-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETSY
- cik: 0001370637
- company_name: ETSY INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063722000072/0001370637-22-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063722000072/etsy-20221027.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-22-000072
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-22-000072.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001370637-22-000072.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rachana Kumar was appointed as Chief Technology Officer at ETSY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: Rachana Kumar, currently Etsy’s Vice President of Engineering, will assume the role of Chief Technology Officer effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063722000072/0001370637-22-000072-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Fisher departed as Chief Technology Officer at ETSY INC.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: Michael Fisher will step down from his role as Etsy's Chief Technology Officer, effective December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1370637/000137063722000072/0001370637-22-000072-index.htm

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