5000
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C-Suite Searches Completed
C-Suite Searches Completed
of the best GTM leaders have engaged with Christian & Timbers in the last 12 months.
CEO Searches Completed
Working with Christian & Timbers was an exceptional experience from start to finish. The firm reached out to me on LinkedIn regarding the CTO opportunity at Atropos Health, and from that initial contact, they demonstrated true professionalism and clear communication. Throughout the entire interview process, JC Christian was an invaluable partner. He played a key role in coordinating the steps between me and the Atropos team, and his regular, thoughtful check-ins ensured I felt supported and informed at every stage. Moreover, it was JC's proactive, intuitive sourcing that connected me with Atropos.
I highly recommend the executive search firm to any executive looking for their next challenge or any company searching for top-tier talent; Christian & Timbers makes the recruiting process seamless, efficient, and genuinely human.
CTO
I had the privilege of working with Jeff Christian, founder and CEO of Christian & Timbers who helped me secure an independent corporate board director role at a global radiopharmaceutical company. From the outset, Jeff demonstrated a deep understanding of the company’s growth trajectory and outlook, board governance and strategic oversight needs, and how my experience could add value at the board level. His guidance throughout the process was thoughtful, strategic, and highly effective. I would strongly recommend Jeff Christian and his firm to any corporate board seeking a strategic executive recruitment firm able to identify and attract outstanding board talent.
BOARD MEMBER
I had an outstanding experience working with Jeff Christian and his team. They presented me with a compelling Board opportunity at Telix Pharmaceuticals, which I was very pleased to accept. Jeff and his team demonstrated strong professionalism throughout the process. They worked effectively with both sides to ensure the role was an excellent fit - exciting, strategically aligned, and well-matched to my background and interests.
I would highly recommend Jeff Christian and his team to any executive or company seeking top-tier board placements.
BOARD MEMBER
Christian & Timbers is an exceptional NYC executive search partner. They move fast and found us one of the best CTOs in the industry. Would highly recommend using them.
CEO
Christian & Timbers works fast, diligently, and sources great candidates. Would highly recommend them to others.
FOUNDER
We’ve partnered with Christian & Timbers for many years, and their team is exceptionally professional, responsive, and energetic. Thanks to their efforts, we secured an outstanding CEO and Operating Partner who have strengthened our leadership and positioned a portfolio company for long-term success.
PARTNER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Christian & Timbers is an outstanding executive search firm in NYC to work with in AI and cyber security. Their data-driven and bespoke approach has been pivotal in recruiting GTM leaders and board members for our portfolio companies like SecurityScorecard. The GTM President, CMO, SVP Sales, CPO and SVP Engineering have helped drive growth by 2X.
PARTNER
I’ve trusted Jeff and Christian & Timbers for over two decades because they always deliver. Their hands-on, relentless process brings us top leaders who know how to scale, drive performance, and deliver the best outcomes. They drove a very disciplined process recruiting a CRO and CMO for one of Bessemer’s portcos that helped us achieve a critical exit.
OPERATING PARTNER
Jeff and the team at Christian & Timbers were professional, communicative, and extremely responsive. They ensured the entire process was focused on what our company needed and did not push candidates they believed wouldn’t fit our culture and growth. I would work with them again without hesitation.
VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS
Christian & Timbers’ science-based methodology and rigorous process helped us find 3 top-tier GTM leaders that know our business and drive revenue. Their approach has been crucial to our company’s growth and leadership.
CEO
Christian & Timbers did an awesome job on a tough CFO search for us. We were interviewing the best local candidates with PE and SaaS experience in less than 2 weeks and met a short timeline.
CEO
The team at Christian & Timbers drove a very tight process and completed our CISO search in less than 70 days. We needed someone in Boston with a very specific skill set. C&T executes exactly as they commit.
CEO
Client feedback consistently highlights Christian & Timbers' ability to surface candidates who are not accessible through standard recruiting channels, and the firm's consultants' technical fluency in assessing AI and technology leadership roles. Boards and CEOs report that the quality of candidate presentation — including depth of vetting and accuracy of fit assessment — reduces time-to-hire and post-placement attrition. Testimonials are shared directly with prospective clients during initial consultations under confidentiality.
Christian & Timbers uses AI-assisted talent intelligence to map executive populations across research publications, patent records, open-source contributions, conference presentations, and professional networks — identifying high-impact leaders who are not actively seeking roles. These signals are reviewed by consultants with direct domain expertise in technology and AI to prioritize outreach based on technical depth, organizational fit, and leadership trajectory. The result is a candidate pool defined by demonstrated output rather than self-reported credentials.
San Francisco-based clients, particularly those in enterprise software, fintech, and AI infrastructure, note that Christian & Timbers brings market intelligence on compensation benchmarking and candidate availability that internal talent teams lack for senior and principal-level technical roles. Clients also cite the firm's ability to advise on how to structure and scope roles — distinguishing, for example, between a research-oriented Principal Scientist and a production-focused ML Ops leader — as a material contribution beyond sourcing alone.
Christian & Timbers operates exclusively on a retained basis, which means the firm commits full research resources to each engagement rather than working contingency across multiple competing clients. Founded in 1981 with a focus on technology leadership, the firm's consultants carry domain knowledge in AI, engineering, and enterprise technology that allows them to engage senior candidates credibly and assess technical fit accurately. This specialization, combined with a four-decade network in the technology sector, supports placements at the CTO, Chief AI Officer, VP Engineering, and Principal Scientist levels.
Christian & Timbers has placed technology executives across Fortune 500 enterprises, venture-backed startups, and private equity portfolio companies in sectors including enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, financial services, and defense technology. Specific placement examples — including role titles, companies, and search scope — are provided to prospective clients in direct conversations rather than published publicly, in keeping with the confidentiality standard of retained executive search. Prospects are encouraged to contact the firm to receive relevant case references matched to their industry and role type.
