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Jon Rahmani has joined ExaGrid as AVP of Sales, bringing a career built on scaling sales organizations at high-growth technology companies across North America.

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We are pleased to announce that Kyle Robertson has joined PracticeWise’s Board of Directors.

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Christian & Timbers has acquired Dion Partners, an advisory firm serving the defense, cyber, and national security tech sectors. Founder Patrick O’Hara joins as Managing Partner and Head of the Global Defense and Cyber Practice. Together, we deepen AI-enabled security leadership.

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We are pleased to share that Derek Maki has joined Proofpoint as SVP of Product, leading the Data Security business, including AI Data Security and AI DLP.

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Christian & Timbers released the AI Compensation Study, a synthesis of compensation across companies in the AI frontier, AI orchestration, and AI application layers, structured by company stage and role.

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Boards and CEOs are racing to find leaders who can rebuild core infrastructure and lead with an AI-first vision. Pay for AI-literate executives is increasing by 30–50% across software, cybersecurity, and healthcare technology.

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We began building AI firms in the mid-eighties with pioneers like Dr. Ramesh Wadhwani, who launched one of the first successful ventures after Carnegie Mellon. Today, the rare talent to design architectures, scale products, and deploy enterprise AI is in high demand.

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Recogni hit $60M revenue in 2022 from AI-powered perception.
In 2023, Marc Bolitho was appointed CEO to align tech with market execution.
One year later: $102M Series C, $50–60M run rate, sector expansion, Scorpio AI launch.

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CSOs are common in AI firms and growing in the enterprise. Median base pay tops $222K; top earners exceed $350K. Equity often ties to model delivery and IP milestones.

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AI CSOs lead safety, risk, and oversight. Leaders like Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face) and Jared Kaplan (Anthropic) shape policy while setting internal standards.

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Most AI CSOs are PhDs with 10+ years in ML. Over 200 AI startups last year were founded by ex-chief scientists. Diversity gaps persist: women hold ~25% of U.S. CSO roles.

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In 2025, CSOs set an AI-native strategy, leading model development, infrastructure, and alignment. Many early-stage startups hire them before CEOs, with funding tied to research credentials.

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Christian & Timbers placed Jyothi Gorti as Chief Digital Officer at SiTime. A former CIO at Analog Devices, she brings strong digital transformation expertise.

SiTime, with 3B devices in 300+ applications, grew 41% YoY in 2024.

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Christian & Timbers helped refresh the board at Action Against Hunger USA, placing 4 exceptional leaders: Nicholas Noviello, Jager McConnell, Rob Arditi, and Rachel Lam. A privilege to support a mission that reached 14M people last year.

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#ExecutiveSearch

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Christian & Timbers’ 2025 Outlook shows a 300% rise in AI hiring. Chief Scientists are becoming founders, operators, lead AI executors, and board members, shifting oversight.

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We're pleased to announce that Tom Corn has joined Proofpoint as EVP and GM of Threat Protection. A cybersecurity veteran with over 20 years of experience in AI, infrastructure, and cloud security, Tom will lead global strategy and execution.

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In 2025, AI-native CEOs lead through architecture.

Boards expect:
🔹 Hands-on system design
🔹 Weekly inference + latency tracking
🔹 Teams mapped to model logic
🔹 GTM tied to readiness
🔹 Financials built on compute cost

#Leadership starts at the model.

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Over 47% of enterprise software firms now use LLMs across half their product suite. 60% of late-stage tech companies assign AI to the CPO. In AI-native startups, 65% of new releases include at least one autonomous component.

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Boards are engaging AI, but governance must catch up.

🔹 Are AI bets aligned with strategy?
🔹 Do we have real oversight?
🔹 Where should we not deploy?
🔹 Is innovation balanced with control?

Fluency and structure will set leaders apart.

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Christian & Timbers analyzed pay data from 100+ private cybersecurity firms, from Series A to $1B. Compensation rose 4.3% in 2025, driven by rising demand for roles like CEO, CFO, CRO, CAIO, and CPTO.

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