---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001490978-26-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDGR"
cik: "0001490978"
company_name: "Schrodinger, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:19:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:57:32.042648+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Schrodinger CCO Mannix Aklian departs; Paul Davie returns as interim; guidance reaffirmed

## Summary
- Mannix Aklian ceased as Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Software Sales effective May 18, 2026.
- Paul Davie, former EVP Sales, returns as interim CCO; company conducting search for permanent replacement.
- Company reaffirms full-year and Q2 2026 financial and operational guidance provided on May 5, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001490978-26-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDGR
- cik: 0001490978
- company_name: Schrodinger, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:19:47+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000149097826000041/0001490978-26-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000149097826000041/sdgr-20260518.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001490978-26-000041
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001490978-26-000041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mannix Aklian departed as Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Software Sales and Marketing at Schrodinger, Inc..
  - Action: ceased
  - Role: Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Software Sales and Marketing
  source text: On May 18, 2026, Mannix Aklian ceased to serve as Schrödinger, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Software Sales and Marketing, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000149097826000041/0001490978-26-000041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Davie was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Software Sales and Marketing at Schrodinger, Inc..
  - Action: returning as interim
  - Role: Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Software Sales and Marketing
  source text: Paul Davie, the Company’s former Executive Vice President, Sales is returning to the Company as interim Chief Commercial Officer, Global Head of Software Sales and Marketing, while the Company conducts a search for a permanent replacement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490978/000149097826000041/0001490978-26-000041-index.htm

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