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Maury Tiller has joined ExaGrid as Director of Systems Engineering for the Americas West, bringing one of the deepest pr...
04/03/2026

Maury Tiller has joined ExaGrid as Director of Systems Engineering for the Americas West, bringing one of the deepest pre-sales and solutions engineering careers in enterprise technology to this role.

Maury joins ExaGrid from Palo Alto Networks as Manager of Sales Engineering. Previously, he spent four years at Pure Storage in roles including Director of Solution Architects for Cyber-Resiliency, leading a team focused on promoting data protection and cyber-resiliency solutions. His earlier roles as Senior Manager and Data Architect provided him with extensive experience in AI/ML, data analytics, and enterprise data protection.

Before Pure Storage, Maury spent 20 years at NetApp, including eight years as Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Two decades at one of the world's leading data infrastructure companies is a rare foundation, and few professionals in this field have such experience.

ExaGrid offers Tiered Backup Storage with a disk-cache Landing Zone, long-term retention, a scale-out design, and security features such as AI-Powered Retention Time-Lock for ransomware recovery.

Congratulations to Maury Tiller and the ExaGrid team on this appointment.

Read more ▶️ https://lnkd.in/d34NiCX6

We are pleased to share that Derek Maki has joined Proofpoint as SVP of Product, leading the Data Security business, inc...
01/08/2026

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.

Derek brings a rare combination of founder, advisor, and operator experience focused on AI-driven product transformation at enterprise scale.

Derek founded Longbow Security, which Veracode acquired in April 2024. He then became SVP, Head of Product, integrating Longbow into Veracode and developing Risk Manager to handle AI-generated code risk in large organizations.

Earlier, Derek served as an Associate Partner at McKinsey, advising more than 25 Fortune 500 executives on technology and product transformation.

At Proofpoint, Derek will shape product strategy in data security as AI changes data movement, access, and risk management across cloud, email, and collaboration.

Congratulations to Derek and the Proofpoint team.

Read more ▶️ https://www.christianandtimbers.com/successful-placements/derek-maki-appointed-svp-of-product-at-proofpoint

Christian & Timbers released the AI Compensation Study, a synthesis of compensation across AI frontier, AI orchestration...
12/15/2025

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

Coverage covers CEO, CFO, CRO, CMO, CTO, CPO, CISO, CHRO, and VP roles across foundation models, agent platforms, evaluation and safety, infrastructure and inference, data and content, applied AI, model security, and GenAI products. Stages range from Series A to Series C, $50M to $1B ARR, and include private AI companies with over $1B.

Elite technical roles include Top Research Scientists earning a $320K to $720K base salary, Senior Principal AI Engineers earning a $300K to $710K base salary, and a target bonus of up to 35%. Sign-on bonuses typically range from $50K to $20M, with occasional market rumors of up to $1B. Equity stakes range from 0.20% to 1.20% in early-stage deals, decreasing to 0.01% to 0.23% at valuations over $1B.

Read the full PR release: https://lnkd.in/dc8mtDgq
Download the AI Compensation Study: https://lnkd.in/dBRBw24r

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