Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 4, 2025, Christopher W. Degnan notified Snowflake Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to step down as the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer. In addition, on March 4, 2025, Michael Gannon was appointed by the Company to succeed Mr. Degnan as the Company’s new Chief Revenue Officer, effective upon the first day Mr. Gannon begins employment with the Company, which is expected to be March 14, 2025.
Mr. Degnan plans to remain in his current role until the effective date of the appointment of Mr. Gannon, after which he expects to remain an employee of the Company to support continuity and a smooth transition.
Mr. Gannon, age 50, has served as President, North America at Broadcom Inc., a global semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions company, from November 2023 to March 2025, where he was responsible for sales, go-to-market strategy, and business operations in North America. From March 2014 to November 2023, Mr. Gannon served in various sales positions at VMware, Inc., a cloud computing and virtualization technology company, including most recently as Senior Vice President, General Manager Americas from July 2023 to November 2023 and Vice President, U.S. Enterprise Sales from July 2020 to October 2022, until VMware was acquired by Broadcom. In his role as Senior Vice President, General Manager Americas of VMware, Mr. Gannon was responsible for sales, go-to-market strategy, and business operations, strategic planning, and overall management of VMware’s business in the Americas. Mr. Gannon holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting from the State University of New York at Oswego.