# Riviera Partners: The premier choice for tech talent\.

> Riviera Partners is the leading executive search firm for tech talent — placing product, engineering, AI/ML, security, and design leaders from startups to public companies\.

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## Pages
- [The Future of Tech Leadership](https://www.rivierapartners.com/the-future-of-tech-leadership/)
- [Home Page](https://www.rivierapartners.com/)
- [Insights and News](https://www.rivierapartners.com/insights/)
- [Public / Late\-Stage](https://www.rivierapartners.com/stages/public-late-stage/)
- [Tariffs and Talent Strategy](https://www.rivierapartners.com/the-future-of-tech-leadership/tariffs-and-talent-strategy/)

## Posts
- [Why Startups Are Hiring a Head of Security Earlier, and What the Role Demands Now](https://www.rivierapartners.com/insights/hiring-first-head-of-security-startup/): A couple of years ago, a startup hired its first security leader after a big customer forced the issue\. Today founders call earlier, usually because three pressures land at once\.
- [Build vs\. Buy in Security Has Moved to the Middle\. Leading CISOs Are Meeting It There\. ](https://www.rivierapartners.com/insights/build-vs-buy-security-ciso/): AI has pulled the decision to the middle\. A small team can now stand up custom detections, triage automation, or internal agents in weeks\. Meanwhile, AI\-native vendors are shipping faster than most internal teams can\. The right call now changes capability by capability\.
- [Riviera Partners Appoints Bengaluru\-Based Technology Search Veteran Gaurav Dev Burman as Partner ](https://www.rivierapartners.com/insights/gaurav-dev-burman-partner-india-technology-executive-search/): Gaurav’s career includes more than 20 years of experience spanning FMCG, banking and management consulting\. across India, the United States, and Africa\. 
- [Only 19% of organizations have reached Advanced AI execution maturity\. New research on nearly 1,000 tech leaders reveals why\. ](https://www.rivierapartners.com/insights/future-of-tech-leadership-2026-report/): A widespread study of senior technology executives across North America and Europe identifies the specific structural, leadership, and governance practices that determine whether AI investments pay off\.
- [When a Top AI Candidate Declines Your Offer, the Number Is Rarely the Problem](https://www.rivierapartners.com/insights/ai-candidate-declines-offer-compensation-problem/): Riviera Partners’ 2026 Future of Tech Leadership Report captures a compensation market in transition\. Base salary competition is giving way to equity structure, performance incentives, and flexible engagement models that will define AI talent strategy through 2028 and beyond\.

## Our people
- [Joe Light](https://www.rivierapartners.com/team/joe-light/)
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- [Jacob Williamson](https://www.rivierapartners.com/team/jacob-williamson/)

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