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True, the premier global executive talent platform driving the industry’s tech evolution through data, AI, and expertise, today announced the launch of its Blockchain & Crypto Practice, formalizing the firm’s growing work across the digital assets landscape. The practice is led by Tyler Reed, Partner at True, based in the firm’s New York office.

TRUE, the enterprise AI platform designed to lower cost per loan through end-to-end mortgage automation, today announced continued platform growth, expanded operational leadership, and increasing industry momentum as lenders adopt enterprise AI to modernize mortgage manufacturing.

TRUE, the leader in AI-powered mortgage automation, today announced the launch of its Post-Close & Audit Automation solution — the third pre-built AI service within its flagship Mortgage Operations Service (MOS) platform. Joining TRUE’s Loan Setup & Data Quality and Income Analysis solutions, the new release completes the company’s end-to-end automation framework for loan manufacturing.

True, the premier global executive talent platform driving the industry’s tech evolution through data, AI, and expertise, today announced a new strategic investment partnership with Integrum Holdings LP (“Integrum”), a private investment firm focused on partnering with tech-enabled professional services companies. Integrum’s significant investment will power True’s next phase of growth as it helps clients solve their most pressing talent and leadership needs.

True, the only tech and data-first global executive talent platform, today announced that Adam Kovach will join as Vice Chairman. With more than 25 years of experience in the executive recruiting and leadership advisory industry, Adam is a known force in the world of executive search, having built and scaled significant businesses while personally leading hundreds of high-profile searches for blue-chip and mid-market private equity firms and public companies. Kovach will help advance True’s unmatched approach to executive talent strategy as the firm continues to disrupt the industry and scale the future of tech-driven leadership hiring.

True, the only tech and data-first global executive talent platform, today announced the launch of its Cybersecurity & Defense Tech Practice. This move is a strategic expansion of the firm’s Cybersecurity Practice, which now includes the capability to help build winning defense companies globally.

TRUE, the leader in AI-powered mortgage automation, and Candor Technology, the market leader in automated AI underwriting, today announced a breakthrough in mortgage automation: Instant Income Clarity, the first solution to deliver verified, GSE-aligned income clarity in minutes and make it accessible to loan officers and branch teams, not just underwriters.

True, the only tech and data-first global executive talent platform, announced today the launch of its Digital Infrastructure Practice, led by Managing Director and industry veteran Steve Dargan. Based in the UK with a global mandate, the practice will partner with the investors, developers, and operators building the structural core of the digital economy, placing C-suite, functional, and regional leaders who can navigate the sector’s rapid growth and complexity across the entire lifecycle of digital infrastructure.

TRUE, the leader in background AI for mortgage operations, today announced significant growth and momentum in the first half of 2025, including new enterprise customer wins, expanded deployments across large branch networks, and continued adoption of its AI-powered Mortgage Operations Service (MOS) platform.

TRUE, a leader in intelligent automation and decisioning software for the mortgage industry, today announced the appointment of Steve Butler as Chief Executive Officer and company founder Ari Gross as Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer.

True, the only tech and data-first global executive talent platform, today announced the formal launch of its HardTech Practice. This launch underscores the firm’s dedication to identifying and placing world-class executive talent within the critical hardware infrastructure that underpins ongoing advancements in AI. True’s dedicated hardtech team will serve venture capital, private equity, and public firms and their portfolio companies operating at the intersection of breakthrough innovation and infrastructure. They are focused on sourcing top-tier executive talent for organizations across key hardware sectors, including:

True, the only tech and data-first global executive talent platform, achieved the highest growth rate, with a remarkable 15.1% increase, among the top 10 executive search firms in the Hunt Scanlon Media rankings. The sixth largest and most innovative firm in the industry, True, is recognized by Hunt Scanlon for its consistent performance and significant momentum as it closes in on the top five firms.

TRUE, the leader in lending intelligence, announced today calendar 2024 Growth of 66% in Annual Recurring Revenue over 2023, despite a challenging mortgage lending market. TRUE saw strong performance in all its mortgage segments – including origination, mortgage insurance, servicing, and secondary markets - driven by its industry-leading solutions for extracting document and loan intelligence with little to no human review required.

TRUE, the leader in lending intelligence, today announced the availability of the TRUE Mortgage Operations Service (MOS) platform. This industry first MOS platform uses proven AI capabilities from TRUE to highly automate data driven and operational workflows that power leading POS and LOS platforms, which dramatically reduces document to decisioning time and related operational costs to a fraction of what was traditionally experienced across the lending industry.

True, the only tech and data-first global executive talent platform, announced today their acquisition of Paradigm Search, known for their ability to place elite engineering and product leaders. Founder and CEO Matt Johnson and the Paradigm team will join True’s Product, Data & Technology (PDT) practice.

True, the only tech and data-first global executive talent platform, welcomes Tom Granado as the new Head of Talent Advisory in North America. With his extensive leadership advisory background, he will collaborate with Debu Mishra, Global Head of Talent Advisory, to enhance the practice's leadership impact.

TRUE, the leader in lending intelligence, today announced the general availability of TRUE Data Intelligence 5.1. This new release dramatically decreases the time, cost, and human touch it takes to process mortgage related documents, while delivering enterprise-class capabilities previously not available in any other products of its type.

TRUE, the leader in lending intelligence, today announced the general availability of the TRUE Cloud. The TRUE Cloud brings all the power, features, and benefits of TRUE’s award winning, on-prem, AI-powered document-to-data capabilities to the cloud. This allows lenders to process documents in near real-time with extreme accuracy – greatly reducing and often eliminating the need for a BPO – while experiencing all the cost benefits and flexibility of a cloud-based infrastructure.

True, the only tech and data-first global talent platform, announced today the launch of the Talent Advisory practice and a strategic alliance with Hogan Assessments, the premium tool for workplace personality assessment and leadership development.

True, the only tech and data-first global talent platform, today announced its partnership with Leadership Circle, a leading global provider of executive coaching, assessments, and advisory services. This collaboration marks a significant step for both companies' ability to empower organizations across the globe to find and develop leaders.

True, the only tech and data-first global talent platform, announced today the acquisition of Bleeker, an executive coaching and assessment company dedicated to creating high-performing executive teams. Their assessments, derived from neuroscience, and their inquiry-based coaching services have been rebranded as True Advance and are now part of True’s platform of products and services.

True, the only tech and data-first global talent platform, announced today that Debu Mishra has joined True Search as head of advisory, MENA & APAC and partner in the CEO/BOD Practice, EMEA.

True, the only tech and data-first global talent platform, announced today the addition of André Blackman as a partner in True Search’s Healthcare practice. He brings to True his extensive experience across the healthcare, public health and digital health landscapes to help companies build an equitable and inclusive future of health.

TRUE, the leader in lending intelligence, today announced that Stephen Butler has joined its executive leadership team as President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Butler will lead all aspects of the company’s sales, business development, and strategic partnerships, working closely with the company’s leadership and board to drive growth.

True, the only tech and data-first global talent platform, today released proprietary data highlighting the latest CEO hiring trend: Public and private equity-backed tech companies are hiring CEOs from the venture capital asset class nearly 3x more often than in recent years.

True, the only tech and data-first global talent platform, announced today it has hired Molly Gonzales as a partner in True Search’s Private Equity and Finance practices. Gonzales will bring her perspective as a former CFO, private equity operator and experienced executive recruiter to serving True clients.

TRUE, the leader in lending intelligence, today announces that it has completed the Service and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 1 Compliance audit as established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

True, the premier global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it has hired renowned customer experience executive Ed Baklor as a partner in the True Search Consumer practice. Baklor joins True’s Consumer practice and Travel, Leisure & Hospitality sector to expand the firm’s capabilities across airlines, hotels, restaurants, cruise lines, theme and water parks, location-based entertainment, and more.

True, the premier global platform of innovative talent management products and services, today announced key leadership changes aimed at reinforcing its venture capital capabilities and highlighting its platform services to enhance the firm’s value to clients.

True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it is acquiring Jopwell, a hiring platform focused on advancing the careers of Black, Latinx and Native American students and early-to-mid-career professionals. Jopwell perfectly complements the executive-level recruitment focus of True Search and sister organization AboveBoard. This holistic offering solidifies True as the leading technology and services firm for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in leadership.

True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today the promotion of Paul Gilkerson to co-head of the Climate Tech Practice and the addition of Wrendon Hunt to lead Climate Tech’s Industrial and Manufacturing Sector. True Search is the only tech-forward, global executive search firm with the agility and depth to span industrials, climate and sustainability.

True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today the launch of True’s Private Equity Practice. Managing Director Matt Goldstein leads a dedicated team of partners from across True Search’s global practices who specialize in the executive talent needs of this asset class.

True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it has expanded to Latin America. As Head of LATAM, Partner Juan Dominguez will lead True’s expansion and introduce True’s modern, data-driven brand of executive search products and services to the region’s rapidly-growing executive talent market.

True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today the appointment of EMEA and APAC leaders for True Search’s Climate Tech practice and Healthcare & Life Sciences practices.

TRUE, the leader in Lending Intelligence, today announced continued success in transforming the way data is used across the lending industry, with distribution momentum being realized through new industry partners, the release of first-of-its-kind lending technology, and appointments of key executive positions across the firm.

True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today the launch of its Diversity practice, which will unite top companies with the world’s best DE&I leaders to drive better business outcomes. Under the leadership of True Search Partners Aaron Clubb and Keri Gavin, the Diversity practice reinforces True’s commitment to delivering diverse candidate slates and inclusive processes on every search.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today Kate Vanek has been named global chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Kate has deep experience leading operations and finance for complex, multinational companies. She joined True earlier this year as general manager of its EMEA and APAC businesses, which she will continue to oversee. Going forward, Kate will be responsible for growing and scaling True’s global investments and ensuring operational excellence across the firm's worldwide team and 21 offices in North America, EMEA and APAC in order to continue to drive unparalleled value for clients and candidates.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it has gained three women partners with diverse and deep expertise in recruiting people and talent leaders:

SoftWorks AI, the leader in lending intelligence, today launched an extensive rebrand, including changing its name to TRUE. The new name reflects the company’s unique ability to give lenders a true picture of a borrower by using AI to inspect and audit every data point when verifying a loan and its underlying documentation. By providing deeper, more comprehensive, and more accurate insights on borrowers, TRUE allows lenders to gain market share by enabling faster turn times and reducing risk.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it’s adding Aisha Christian as general counsel; Didi Dayton as head of platform & community; and expanding current chief financial officer Korhan Kivanc’s role to include responsibilities as True’s chief operating officer.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, today announced it has launched TrueBridge, a new business that connects companies with highly-experienced executives seeking interim or fractional roles. TrueBridge is led by CEO David Beuerlein, previously the founder of the executive recruiting team at Google and an operating partner at Khosla Ventures.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it has appointed global marketing executive Gail Tifford as a partner in the True Search Consumer practice.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it has appointed Kate Vanek as general manager, international. Kate joins True from BlackRock where she held the dual responsibility of CFO of EMEA and COO of global finance.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, rose to become North America’s sixth largest firm in the industry according to the recently published Hunt Scanlon annual ranking. True registered 132% YOY growth and outpaced the industry’s largest firms, solidifying its “fastest-growing” designation for another year.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it has brought on Chin Yee Ng as general manager, Asia-Pacific (APAC); Darci Galvin as vice president of global client services; William Che as chief information officer; and promoted Andrea Watt to chief people officer. Each leader brings subject matter expertise to help support the increasing demand from True’s client base.

True, the fastest-growing global platform of innovative talent management products and services, today announced several strategic hires to support its growing Gaming, Entertainment, Media & Sports practice (GEMS). True’s GEMS practice is making the world more entertaining as the premiere global search team focused on the convergence of leadership talent across these four areas.