Executive Search · IT & Software · Paris

We don't
recruit.
We deliver
results.

Performance. People. AI.

AI-powered executive search

30+
Years in IT
22+
Years executive search
IT.
Exclusively
AI
Powered delivery
Our philosophy

WIN³

If you need a recruiter, we're not your firm.

What we do is closer to sales than HR. We sell the value of an exceptional professional to your organization — and simultaneously sell the value of your opportunity to someone who wasn't looking for a move. Two sales. One mission.

A mission is won only when three parties win. If the first two wins aren't there, we haven't won. Full stop.

1
The Company
The right profile
Not just qualified. Truly aligned with your culture, your stage, your ambition.
2
The Professional
The right move
Not just a job change. A step that genuinely makes sense for their trajectory.
3
XPR-IT
A mission done right
Our success is contingent on yours. That's not a slogan — it's our operating model.
Our markets

Two markets.
One expertise.

01
Software Vendors & SaaS

From elegant start-up
to US major.

Revenue culture is a specialty, not a checkbox. We've been building commercial teams for software companies for over 20 years.

80–90% of our mandates for software vendors are commercial roles. Account Executives, Sales Managers, RVPs, Country Managers, Pre-sales, Customer Success — profiles that perform inside a specific revenue culture.

From seed-stage SaaS to EMEA rollouts of US majors, we understand how software companies sell — and who they need to do it.

SaaS Scale-upsUS Majors EMEASoftware EditorsVP SalesCountry ManagerAE / RVP
02
Enterprise IT Organizations

Where IT runs
the business.

CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, Data Directors, Architects — where technology is the backbone, we find the people who make it work.

Wherever IT is present — DSI, Operations, Data, AI — we operate across the full spectrum, from Security Consultants and Solution Architects to Project Directors and C-suite executives.

Including Data and AI organizations outside the traditional IT structure.

CIO / CTO / CDOData & AI LeadersSolution ArchitectProject DirectorSecurity
What sets us apart

Three positions.
No compromise.

We challenge the status quo of executive search — respectfully, but clearly.

01 —

IT. Only IT.

We don't cover the general market. Every mission is in our core territory: IT, Digital, Data, AI, Software. You don't need to explain your world to us. We already live in it.

02 —

Senior to senior. Always.

A Partner leads every mission personally. No junior analyst, no delegation cascade. You have 20+ years of direct search expertise from the first conversation to the final offer.

03 —

AI is our method,
not our pitch.

Market mapping, passive candidate detection, trajectory analysis — we use advanced AI tools operationally, not as a slide in a deck. Walk the talk.

AI & Innovation

Walk the talk.
Not just
talk.

Live AI stack

We don't claim to use AI — we operate with it every day. Every mission benefits from an integrated stack that accelerates market mapping, candidate identification, and shortlist quality.

AI is our competitive edge, not our marketing angle.

Market Intelligence
Real-time mapping of talent pools and passive candidate signals.
Candidate Analysis
Trajectory scoring, cultural fit analysis, counter-offer risk.
Partner Stack
Every XPR-IT Partner operates with the same AI infrastructure.
Prompt Library
Proprietary prompt system refined for IT executive search.
The team

The people
behind the results.

ET
Eric Teston
Founder & Managing Director
AI-assisted search
30 years in IT. 22 years building XPR-IT. Every mission, personally led.
FounderSoftware VendorsEnterprise IT
↗ LinkedIn
PD
Pascal Dejeux
Executive Search Partner
AI-assisted search
22 years at XPR-IT. IT & Digital specialist, corporate accounts and software editors.
22 Years XPR-ITCorporate IT
↗ LinkedIn
RM
Romain Moulis
Executive Search Partner
AI-assisted search
11 years at XPR-IT. IT-Digital middle to senior management, transformation & innovation.
11 Years XPR-ITDigital
↗ LinkedIn
LG
Ludovic Guelblum
Partner — Sales & Revenue
AI-assisted search
20+ years selling enterprise IT. Former Avaya EMEA Head of Sales. CX & SaaS expertise.
Sales LeadershipCX / SaaS
↗ LinkedIn
Let's talk

A project?
A question?
Eric. Direct.

No form. No assistant. No automated response. You reach Eric directly — because that's the only way to start a conversation properly.

Partner Program

You're an entrepreneur.
Build with us.

XPR-IT is building a collective of IT search entrepreneurs — professionals who want to grow their practice within an established brand, backed by a proprietary AI stack and shared methodology.

Not a franchise. Not employment. A collective operating with full autonomy and shared ambition.

Explore the Partner Program →