Executive Search & Leadership Development

Bring forth
the future.

Start with people. End with performance. We build the leadership teams that shape what comes next — from early-stage startups to top-tier global brands.

Executive Search Leadership Development Founder Coaching Team Performance GTM Leadership Retained Search C-Suite Placement Executive Coaching Executive Search Leadership Development Founder Coaching Team Performance GTM Leadership Retained Search C-Suite Placement Executive Coaching
200+
Placements Made
15+
Years Experience
50+
Clients Served
98%
Placement Retention

Two practices.
One mission.

Better Leaders. Better Companies. A Better World.

01

Executive Search

We partner with venture capital firms and venture-backed and publicly traded technology companies to deliver retained executive search across GTM and Operational leadership roles. The right mix of people and skills can change everything.

B2B SaaSFintechBlockchain HealthTechRoboticsAerospaceIoT
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02

Leadership Development

We partner with founders and senior executives to build teams that outperform and outpace the competition. Our coaches bring over a decade of experience developing leaders in high-stakes, high-growth environments.

Executive CoachingFounder Coaching Team DevelopmentCustom L&D
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Results that
speak for themselves.

SVP Sales
Series B
VP Marketing
Series A
VP Sales
Series A
CRO
Series C
CRO
Private Equity
CFO
Series B
VP Product
Series A
CMO
Series B

Entrusted By

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Exceptional people
building exceptional teams.

Rachel Bassignani
Founder & Principal Consultant

Rachel is the founder of Catalyst and has been a highly sought-after executive coach and consultant with tech, media, finance, and private wealth executives. Her notable clients include Google, Affirm, Coinbase, ServiceNow, Brex, CrisperTx, Hubble Network, UBS, Visa, and more.

Matt Marshall
Partner & Senior Consultant

A senior executive with 25+ years driving market growth at Citrix, SuccessFactors, and Iterable. Matt grew Iterable's sales team from five to 150+ globally, scaling revenues from $2M to $75M in four years. He brings deep expertise building high-performance revenue organizations at scale.

Chitra Krishnamurthi
Senior Executive Search Consultant

A global marketing and talent executive with 18+ years across Asia, North America, and Europe. Chitra has led CXO placements for early-stage and publicly listed companies, and co-founded a talent tech startup acquired by Amazon. She is a certified wellness coach and Co-Active Coach candidate.

Senior Advisor — CEO / CFO / CPO Search
Senior Executive Coach, OD Consultant
Senior Executive Coach
Senior Executive Coach, L&D Facilitator

What our clients
say about us.

"Catalyst exceeded our expectations. The team was diligent, and performed an efficient and effective search for a CRO profile that perfectly fit our culture and GTM needs."
Brad Paterson
CEO, Ceros
"Catalyst is a trusted partner who genuinely understands our culture, our founder's leadership style, and the right talent for each stage of growth. They've helped us build a bench of exceptional leaders through every key inflection point."
Rajat Mishra
Founder & CEO, Prezent.ai
"It was a challenging search for the right profile. Catalyst went above and beyond to understand our marketing goals and to source and place an exceptional VP Marketing."
Lukas Gentele
Co-founder & CEO, Vcluster Labs

Bring the future
into focus.

Whether you're building your leadership team or developing the one you have, we're ready to help you move faster and further.

Phone
707-799-1282
Location
San Francisco, CA
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