---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001773383-21-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DT"
cik: "0001773383"
company_name: "Dynatrace, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T08:32:36.662362+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dynatrace CEO John Van Siclen to retire; Rick McConnell appointed as new CEO effective Dec 13, 2021

## Summary
- CEO John Van Siclen retires effective Dec 13, 2021; will serve as consultant through May 2022 at $50k/month.
- Rick McConnell, former Akamai President and GM of Security Technology Group, appointed CEO and director effective Dec 13, 2021.
- McConnell receives $610k base salary, $250k signing bonus, and 337,600 RSUs (half time-based, half performance-based).
- Van Siclen's resignation not due to disagreements; continues vesting and noncompetition until May 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001773383-21-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DT
- cik: 0001773383
- company_name: Dynatrace, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1773383/000177338321000118/0001773383-21-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1773383/000177338321000118/dt-20211115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001773383-21-000118
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001773383-21-000118.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001773383-21-000118.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rick McConnell was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Dynatrace, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board has appointed Rick McConnell, age 55, as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Class I director of the Board, effective no later than December 13, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1773383/000177338321000118/0001773383-21-000118-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Van Siclen departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Dynatrace, Inc..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: John Van Siclen will resign upon mutual agreement with the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Board, effective no later than December 13, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1773383/000177338321000118/0001773383-21-000118-index.htm

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