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Chris Pannone

Chris Pannone Executive Search Partner Candid Photo

Chris is a partner in True’s New York office. He specializes in placing the first head of/VP and C-level sales, marketing, and customer success leaders with seed, series A, and series B funded enterprise SaaS companies. Chris has worked with category disruptors such as PortPro, Virtual Facility, Actuate, Waldo, Zoba, GreyNoise, Uscreen, Tropic, Einblick and Continu, and has completed more than 50 searches
since joining True.

Prior to True, Chris spent eight years partnering with Sales Leaders of high growth startups like Plaid, Moveworks, Cybereason, Turbonomic, Expanse and Fuze to scale their teams.

Chris received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado. (Go Buffs!) He spends most weekends squeezing in as many miles as he can on a run, ride, swim, hike, or walk with his wife Adele, sons Clark and Gabe and two dogs, Maverick and Rufio. 

Snapshot

  • Specializes in C, VP and strategic level hires for enterprise software companies
  • Former Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier, with a 20th place finish at the Boston Marathon. Now a much slower, aspiring Triathlete and terrible swimmer
  • Husband to a loving wife, father of two rowdy boys and wrangler of two misbehaving dogs
  • Proud Univ of Colorado alum—Go Buffs!

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The Team

  • Brad Stadler Executive Search
    Brad Stadler co-CEO & Founder, True and president, true search Philadelphia (HQ)
  • Joe Riggione Executive Search
    Joe Riggione co-CEO & Founder, True and president, true technologies Philadelphia (HQ)
  • Josh Withers Executive Search
    Josh Withers Founder & GM, Platform and North America Search Operations San Francisco
  • Kate Vanek Executive Search
    Kate Vanek Global Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer London
  • Sam McGrath Executive Search
    Sam McGrath GM, EMEA & APAC London
  • Lucinda Duncalfe True Technologies
    Lucinda Duncalfe EVP, True Technologies & GM, Thrive, AboveBoard & Jopwell New York

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