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Qualys Executive Compensation (FY25)

QLYS · Foster City, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Sumedh Thakar
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 10, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Sumedh Thakar: $15,650,272 → $15,947,158 (1.9% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 92.6% → 91.5% (1.1 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Qualys' chief executive and what were they paid?
Sumedh Thakar was paid $15,947,158 in total compensation as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Thakar's total moved 1.9% higher from the $15,650,272 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Qualys' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 91.5% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held June 10, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Qualys' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes AppFolio, Inc., BlackLine, Inc., Commvault Systems, Inc., Confluent, Inc. and CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sumedh Thakar
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Joo Mi Kim
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Allan Peters
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Bruce Posey
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sumedh Thakar
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Joo Mi Kim
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bruce Posey
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Allan Peters
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sumedh Thakar
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Joo Mi Kim
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bruce Posey
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sumedh Thakar
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Joo Mi Kim
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bruce Posey
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Bruce K. PoseyPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Bruce K. PoseyRSU◇——◇——◇
Bruce K. PoseyPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Bruce K. PoseyPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Joo Mi KimPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Joo Mi KimPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Joo Mi KimPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Joo Mi KimRSU◇——◇——◇
Sumedh S. ThakarRSU◇——◇——◇
Sumedh S. ThakarPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Sumedh S. ThakarPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Sumedh S. ThakarPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Sumedh ThakarRSU◇◇——
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RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Bruce PoseyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Joo KimRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Joo Mi Kim
Chief Financial Officer · Offer letter · citing a 2020 filing
Severance base◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Bradford L. Brooks
◇◇————◇
Jeffrey P. Hank
◇◇————◇
Thomas P. Berquist
◇◇————◇
John A. Zangardi
◇◇————◇
Kristi M. Rogers
◇◇————◇
Wendy M. Pfeiffer
◇◇————◇
Sumedh S. Thakar served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • AppFolio, Inc. APPF
  • BlackLine, Inc. BL
  • Commvault Systems, Inc. CVLT
  • Confluent, Inc. CFLT
  • CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. CRWD
  • Elastic N.V. ESTC
  • Fastly, Inc. FSLY
  • Five9, Inc. FIVN
  • Freshworks, Inc. FRSH
  • Gen Digital, Inc. GEN
  • Guidewire Software, Inc. GWRE
  • HubSpot, Inc. HUBS
  • Intapp, Inc. INTA
  • LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. RAMP
  • PagerDuty, Inc. PD
  • Palo Alto Networks, Inc. PANW
  • Rapid7, Inc. RPD
  • SentinelOne, Inc. S
  • Tenable Holdings, Inc. TENB
  • Varonis Systems, Inc. VRNS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 10, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 11, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 12, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 7, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 8, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 9, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 10, 2020=◇◇◇
2018June 7, 2019=◇◇◇
2017June 18, 2018=◇◇◇
2016June 5, 2017=◇◇◇

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Citations

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238 figures on this page: 228 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
228 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001107843-26-000024
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001140361-26-016101
    2025 Summary Compensation Table · BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE · Director Compensation table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 1 more section
  3. 0001107843-25-000024
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001140361-25-015182
    2024 Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001107843-24-000019
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001193125-24-110066
    2023 Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-23-164427
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-23-108286
    2022 Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001193125-22-171918
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001193125-21-188846
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001193125-20-166619
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001193125-19-169179
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0001193125-18-196921
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0001193125-17-195947
  15. 0001193125-20-151509
    EX-10.5
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Peers Qualys discloses

The companies named in QLYS's own disclosed peer group.

AppFolio, Inc.BlackLine, Inc.Commvault Systems, Inc.Confluent, Inc.CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.Elastic N.V.Fastly, Inc.Five9, Inc.Freshworks, Inc.Gen Digital, Inc.Guidewire Software, Inc.HubSpot, Inc.Intapp, Inc.LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.PagerDuty, Inc.Palo Alto Networks, Inc.Rapid7, Inc.SentinelOne, Inc.Tenable Holdings, Inc.Varonis Systems, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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