UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2014
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-24435 | 51-0323571 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 1850 Towers Crescent Plaza Tysons Corner, Virginia |
22182 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 848-8600
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Effective November 19, 2014, Timothy E. Lang was appointed Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated (the “Company”), succeeding Peng Xiao who was serving in such role prior to Mr. Lang’s appointment and who is one of the Company’s named executive officers.
Prior to his election as Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Lang, age 41, was serving as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Analytics, a position he had held since September 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lang served as the chief product officer for Talemetry Inc., a leading provider of talent generation SaaS solutions, from September 2010 to September 2014, and as vice president, product for SAP SE from January 2008 to September 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Lang held positions at SAP BusinessObjects and Crystal Decisions. Mr. Lang received a B.Soc.Sci. in Information Management from the University of Melbourne.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: November 21, 2014 | MicroStrategy Incorporated | |||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Douglas K. Thede | |||||
| Name: | Douglas K. Thede | |||||
| Title: | Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | |||||