Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chair · Upland Software, Inc. (UPLD)

John McDonald

A named executive officer of Upland Software in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,774,820

FY2023: $2,915,546

1st of 3 named executive officers at Upland Software by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for Upland Software, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 20, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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John McDonald compensation by year

Upland Software Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Upland Software reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2023FY2025
Salary$240,000$325,000$325,000$325,000$325,000$325,000$500,000
Bonus$240,000$0$0$0$0$250,000$0
Stock awards$340,500$2,232,000$5,124,620$6,183,000$8,035,196$2,325,000$4,235,000
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$443,625$387,549$1,056,250$266,013$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$0$0$0$0$0$15,546$39,820
Total$820,500$3,000,625$5,837,169$7,564,250$8,626,209$2,915,546$4,774,820

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Upland Software, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 20, 2026, accession 0001505155-26-000022, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Upland Software, Inc. filed document, accession 0001505155-26-000022. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 20, 2026.

$821K
$3.0M
$5.8M
$7.6M
$8.6M
$2.9M
$4.8M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY23
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU250,000$357,500—
RSU166,667$238,334—
RSU83,333$119,166—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Upland Software, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 20, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-04-30Grant or award—250,000$0.002,640,887
2026-04-30Disposition to the issuer derivative—250,000$0.000

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Upland Software’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John McDonald · this pageChief Executive Officer, President, and Chair$4,774,820
Daniel DomanChief Product and Operating Officer$1,734,417
Michael HillChief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Corporate Secretary$617,800

Board service

Upland Software board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Upland Software pays directors a $30,000 cash retainer and $175,000 in RSUs. As stated in Upland Software's FY2025 proxy.

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