---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001596532-24-000152"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANET"
cik: "0001596532"
company_name: "Arista Networks, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T16:02:17.020118+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arista Networks COO Anshul Sadana resigns; promotes Kohli and Schmidt to CCO and CSO

## Summary
- COO Anshul Sadana resigns effective May 21, 2024; no disagreement with the company.
- Ashwin Kohli promoted to Chief Customer Officer from SVP Customer Engineering, effective July 1, 2024.
- Chris Schmidt promoted to Chief Sales Officer from SVP Worldwide Sales, effective July 1, 2024.
- Sadana served as COO for 16 years; company thanked him for his leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001596532-24-000152
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANET
- cik: 0001596532
- company_name: Arista Networks, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653224000152/0001596532-24-000152-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653224000152/anet-20240417.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-24-000152
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-24-000152.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001596532-24-000152.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anshul Sadana resigned as Chief Operating Officer at Arista Networks, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 18, 2024, Anshul Sadana, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, notified the Company of his intention to resign from the Company effective May 21, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596532/000159653224000152/0001596532-24-000152-index.htm

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