---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001560327-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPD"
cik: "0001560327"
company_name: "Rapid7, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T01:29:02.447059+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rapid7 appoints Scott Murphy as Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 4, 2024

## Summary
- Scott Murphy, formerly CAO at Booz Allen Hamilton, named SVP and Chief Accounting Officer.
- Annual base salary of $370,000; eligible for annual bonus equal to 50% of base salary.
- One-time cash sign-on bonus of $75,000, repayable if terminated for cause or voluntarily resigns during first year.
- Restricted stock unit award valued at ~$800,000, vesting over three years (1/3 on April 15, 2025, then quarterly).
- Tim Adams (CFO) will step down as principal accounting officer when Murphy starts on March 4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001560327-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPD
- cik: 0001560327
- company_name: Rapid7, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560327/000156032724000005/0001560327-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560327/000156032724000005/rp-20240107.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001560327-24-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Murphy was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Rapid7, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On January 9, 2024, Rapid7, Inc. (the “ Company ”) announced the appointment of Scott Murphy, 43, as its new Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, effective on March 4, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560327/000156032724000005/0001560327-24-000005-index.htm

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