Articles from Christian & Timbers

Christian & Timbers announces the launch of CT Labs, an enterprise AI strategy consulting and delivery platform designed to help organizations move beyond pilots to governed, production-grade Agentic systems.

The study synthesizes compensation data across AI frontier, AI orchestration, and AI application layer companies, structured by company stage and role. Ranges reflect base salary, target bonus, and fully diluted equity, based on interviews with more than 50 CHROs and VPs of Talent and over 200 CEOs, CTOs, GTM leaders, CPOs, board members, and senior AI engineering and research leaders. It combines quantitative benchmarking from published datasets with qualitative insights from market studies, interviews, and venture-to-growth-stage reports.

Leadership structures are evolving rapidly as companies move deeper into the large-scale deployment of AI systems. Christian & Timbers’ 2025 Executive Outlook identifies the ten roles most critical to driving performance in this new environment, shaped by advances in large language models, agentic frameworks, and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

Christian & Timbers, the first tech executive search firm, announced the release of a proprietary study today entitled: “Navigating the Cybersecurity Talent Landscape: A Comprehensive Analysis of C-Suite Compensation Trends in 2025.” It can be accessed at LINK.

The competition to attract top AI talent has reached unprecedented heights. With ten executive-level positions available for every AI expert by 2025, demand far outstrips supply. As AI transforms industries and gains priority in boardrooms, companies in private equity, venture-backed firms, and public markets are actively securing AI leaders before their schedules fill up full.

A comprehensive study conducted by Christian and Timbers unveils gaps and opportunities in gender representation at the executive level within private equity- (PE) and venture capital- (VC) backed companies. The analysis reveals disparities across key roles, including CEO, CFO, and CMO positions, highlighting the untapped potential for growth in female leadership across these sectors.

Christian and Timbers, the first technology-focused executive search firm, today released its report titled Analysis of C-Suite Compensation Trends at Private-Equity Backed Tech Companies, part of its Executive Pay in Focus series. This analysis is based on proprietary compensation data from Q3 2024, encompassing over 100 PE-backed companies and more than 400 executives. The data includes information on base salaries, bonuses, and exit-based payouts.

Christian & Timbers, the first tech executive search firm, has announced the emergence of a vital new executive role: the Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO). While demand for the CPTO role was nascent in late 2023, demand has surged by over 110% as of the first half 2024. This shift is based on Christian & Timbers’ interactions with over 100 venture capital- and private equity-backed managing partners.

Christian & Timbers, the first tech executive search firm, announced its release of a proprietary study today entitled: “NAVIGATING THE CYBERSECURITY TALENT LANDSCAPE: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF C-SUITE COMPENSATION TRENDS.” It can be accessed at www.study.christianandtimbers.com

Christian & Timbers, global search firm is at the forefront of identifying and shaping the leadership roles essential for the future of technology, with a particular focus on the rapidly evolving sectors of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI data centers.

Bill Nash, with his formidable background including pivotal roles at Cruise and Oracle, takes the helm as Chief Financial Officer at Ursa Major. Renowned for his results-driven leadership and ability to provide strategic financial direction, Nash is perfectly suited to propel Ursa Major through its next phase of growth and innovation in the aerospace industry.

Debra Chrapaty, a highly accomplished CTO, joins Forge Global’s board of directors with 25+ years of advanced experience in business and technology leadership. She possesses a balanced blend of strategic and tactical skills required to further scale the private market asset class at Forge. At Toast, a leading public, cloud-based software provider for restaurants, Debra serves as the Chief Technology Officer.

Pete Agresta, a highly accomplished CRO, joins Nasuni with 25+ years of senior-level sales leadership experiences in areas including data security, data management, and infrastructure transformation. He builds high energy and high integrity culture as well as high performance sales organizations. While at Pure Storage, a global leader on innovative, cloud-ready solutions, Pete served as the Vice President of Americas Enterprise Sales.

A study by Christian & Timbers predicts that there will be a 34% rise in demand for high-level tech leaders in 2023, specifically in the software industry and at the CEO and Board levels.

Jason Cole, a highly accomplished CFO, joins Desktop Metal with 20+ years of advanced finance and technology experience, specializing in global finance operations, supply chain management, M&A, and FP&A. While at Analog Devices, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of integrated circuits, Jason served as CFO for the Global Operations and Technology Division.

Executive Search firm Christian & Timbers is pleased to announce Marc Bolitho as the new CEO of Recogni AI.

Christian & Timbers, the Tech industry leader, specializing in CEOs, Board Members, and C-level executive search welcomes Douglas Gladstone to the firm as Managing Partner based in Washington DC. Christian & Timbers is in hypergrowth due to its launch of the industry’s most advanced AI / digital platform. Doug joins Christian & Timbers in a top leadership position to help scale the company and better serve its growing client roster.

Executive Search firm Christian & Timbers is pleased to announce Hein Hellemons as the new President of SecurityScorecard.

Christian & Timbers is pleased to announce that Pravesh Mehra has joined the firm as President and Chief Operating Officer, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

CEO pay for Top 20 CEOs will increase by as much as 40%, and overall CEO compensation by 20% in 2021 according to new study by global search firm Christian and Timbers. CEO pay jumped 14.1% in 2020 (NYT/Equilar).