---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001445305-23-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WK"
cik: "0001445305"
company_name: "WORKIVA INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T06:48:18.256574+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Martin Vanderploeg to retire; Julie Iskow appointed CEO effective April 1, 2023

## Summary
- Vanderploeg receives $1.38M lump sum, remains on Board as Non-Executive Chair.
- Julie Iskow named CEO and President; base salary $610K, target bonus 125%.
- Iskow receives $4.25M RSU grant vesting over three years.
- David Mulcahy steps down as Chair, becomes Lead Independent Director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001445305-23-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WK
- cik: 0001445305
- company_name: WORKIVA INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445305/000144530523000043/0001445305-23-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445305/000144530523000043/wk-20230221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001445305-23-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001445305-23-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001445305-23-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julie Iskow was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at WORKIVA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Julie Iskow, 61, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective April 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445305/000144530523000043/0001445305-23-000043-index.htm
- Executive change
  Martin J. Vanderploeg was appointed as Non-Executive Chair at WORKIVA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Non-Executive Chair
  source text: Mr. Vanderploeg will continue to serve on the Board, and commencing on April 1, 2023, will serve as the Board’s Non-Executive Chair.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445305/000144530523000043/0001445305-23-000043-index.htm
- Executive change
  Martin J. Vanderploeg retired as Chief Executive Officer at WORKIVA INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Martin J. Vanderploeg notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Workiva Inc. (the “Company”) of his intent to retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445305/000144530523000043/0001445305-23-000043-index.htm

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