Couchbase Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Couchbase's CEO is Matt Cain, appointed in Apr 2017, has a tenure of 7.25 years. total yearly compensation is $7.95M, comprised of 6.4% salary and 93.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.56% of the company’s shares, worth €12.56M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.1 years and 5 years respectively.

Key information

Matt Cain

Chief executive officer

US$7.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	6.4%
CEO tenure	7.3yrs
CEO ownership	1.6%
Management average tenure	2.1yrs
Board average tenure	5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Matt Cain's remuneration changed compared to Couchbase's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Apr 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$79m
Jan 31 2024	US$8m	US$510k	-US$80m
Oct 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$75m
Jul 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$76m
Apr 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$71m
Jan 31 2023	US$2m	US$485k	-US$68m
Oct 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$65m
Jul 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$64m
Apr 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$65m
Jan 31 2022	US$6m	US$450k	-US$61m
Oct 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$59m
Jul 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$55m
Apr 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$49m
Jan 31 2021	US$2m	US$400k	-US$44m

Compensation vs Market: Matt's total compensation ($USD7.95M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.38M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Matt's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Matt Cain (46 yo)

7.3yrs

Tenure

US$7,949,143

Compensation

Mr. Matthew M. Cain, also known as Matt, has been the Chief Executive Officer at Couchbase, Inc. since April 12, 2017 and serves as its President since April 2017 and Chair since November 2022. Mr. Cain ha...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Matthew Cain	Chair, President & CEO	7.3yrs	US$7.95m	1.56% $ 12.6m
Gregory Henry	Senior VP & CFO	7.7yrs	US$3.79m	0.78% $ 6.3m
Huw Owen	Senior VP & Chief Revenue Officer	2.1yrs	US$2.47m	0.093% $ 746.2k
James Phillips	Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Products	no data	no data	no data
Dustin Sallings	Co-Founder and Chief Architect	no data	no data	no data
Steve Yen	Co-Founder	no data	no data	no data
Jan Lehnardt	Co-Founder	no data	no data	no data
William Carey	Chief Accounting Officer	1.3yrs	no data	0.022% $ 175.2k
Julie Irish	Senior VP & Chief Information Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Margaret Chow	Senior VP	4.3yrs	US$878.58k	0.39% $ 3.1m
John Kreisa	Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer	no data	no data	no data
Fidelma Butler	Senior VP & Chief People Officer	1.4yrs	no data	no data

2.1yrs

Average Tenure

47yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 1V3's management team is considered experienced (2.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Matthew Cain	Chair, President & CEO	7.3yrs	US$7.95m	1.56% $ 12.6m
Cadir Lee	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Carol Carpenter	Independent Director	3.2yrs	US$237.65k	0.041% $ 329.9k
David Scott	Independent Director	5.8yrs	US$239.15k	0.043% $ 344.3k
Frank Artale	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Richard Simonson	Lead Independent Director	4.1yrs	US$268.90k	0.060% $ 486.3k
InSik Rhee	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Michael Olson	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Roy Fielding	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Chris Wensel	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Robert Johnson	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Josh Berkus	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data

5.0yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 1V3's board of directors are considered experienced (5 years average tenure).

Couchbase Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Insufficient new directors

Couchbase, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 30, 2024

Couchbase Appoints Julie Irish as Chief Information Officer

Senior VP & CFO recently sold €345k worth of stock

Senior VP & CFO recently sold €282k worth of stock

Chair, President & CEO recently sold €285k worth of stock

Recent updates

New minor risk - Share price stability

Now 28% undervalued after recent price drop

First quarter 2025 earnings released: US$0.42 loss per share (vs US$0.48 loss in 1Q 2024)

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Couchbase, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and for the Full Year 2025

Insufficient new directors

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Jun 05, 2024

Couchbase, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 30, 2024

Couchbase Appoints Julie Irish as Chief Information Officer

Full year 2024 earnings released: US$1.70 loss per share (vs US$1.53 loss in FY 2023)

Couchbase, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2025

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Mar 05, 2024

Senior VP & CFO recently sold €345k worth of stock

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.34 loss per share (vs US$0.37 loss in 3Q 2023)

Couchbase, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2024

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Dec 06, 2023

Senior VP & CFO recently sold €282k worth of stock

Couchbase, Inc. Provides Earnings Outlook for the Third Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.44 loss per share (vs US$0.34 loss in 2Q 2023)

Couchbase, Inc. to Advance Developer Productivity by Adding Generative Ai to Capella Database-As-A-Service

Couchbase Launches AI Accelerate Partner Program to Advance AI-Powered Applications for Customers

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Sep 06, 2023

Now 22% undervalued

Chair, President & CEO recently sold €285k worth of stock

Couchbase, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year 2024

New major risk - Share price stability

First quarter 2024 earnings released: US$0.48 loss per share (vs US$0.45 loss in 1Q 2023)

Couchbase, Inc. Announces a Broad Range of Enhancements to its Database-as-a-Service Couchbase Capella

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Jun 06, 2023

Insider recently sold €153k worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings released: US$1.53 loss per share (vs US$2.37 loss in FY 2022)

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Mar 07, 2023

Couchbase, Inc. Announces Fidelma Butler Joins the Company as Chief People Officer

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.37 loss per share (vs US$0.37 loss in 3Q 2022)

Couchbase, Inc. Provides Revenue Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Dec 06, 2022

Couchbase, Inc. Announces New Enhancements to its Database-as-a-Service Couchbase Capella

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.34 loss per share (vs US$1.76 loss in 2Q 2022)

Couchbase, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year of 2023

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Sep 07, 2022

Couchbase, Inc.(NasdaqGS:BASE) dropped from Russell 2500 Value Index

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.45 loss per share (vs US$2.55 loss in 1Q 2022)

Couchbase, Inc. Promotes Huw Owen to Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Couchbase Adds App Services to Enhance Couchbase Capella with Mobile Support, Allowing Developers to More Easily Build Modern Distributed Applications

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Jun 08, 2022

Couchbase, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 23, 2022

Couchbase Announces Management Changes

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Couchbase, Inc. Appoints Gopi Duddi as Senior Vice President of Engineering

Couchbase, Inc. Launches Couchbase Mobile 3, Making It Easier for Developers to Build Modern Applications Across Mobile, Desktop and Embedded Iot Devices

Couchbase, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Mar 09, 2022

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Couchbase, Inc. . Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2022

CEO Compensation Analysis

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