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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001627475-25-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPWK"
cik: "0001627475"
company_name: "UPWORK, INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T02:22:00.963887+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Upwork CAO Olivier Marie resigns; CFO Erica Gessert named interim principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Olivier Marie resigns as Chief Accounting Officer effective August 19, 2025; departure not due to management disagreements.
- CFO Erica Gessert assumes role of interim principal accounting officer effective upon Marie's departure.
- Gessert receives no additional compensation for the interim role; no changes to existing plans or arrangements.
- No family relationships or material interests under Item 404(a) related to Gessert's appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001627475-25-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPWK
- cik: 0001627475
- company_name: UPWORK, INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000162747525000037/0001627475-25-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000162747525000037/upwork-20250721.htm

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