About the Company
FORT Robotics is a safety and security platform for the next generation of machines (physical AI) which means anything that moves, that’s driven by AI, that’s working around people, connected to the internet, and full of new safety and security issues that haven’t yet been solved.
Search Strategy
FORT engaged us to hire a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to lead global commercial strategy and drive the next phase of growth as FORT scales from a high-performing robotics hardware company into a global platform business.
We evaluated leadership profiles ranging from “high-growth hunters” to “enterprise scalers,” ultimately prioritizing a more senior, seasoned profile to address four critical needs:
- Experience transitioning from one-off hardware to a Hardware + Recurring SaaS model
- Long-cycle partnership sales into defense and technology primes
- International expansion requiring ops infrastructure across legal, compliance, and partner ecosystems
- Revenue operations discipline aligned with a potential public-market path
Placed Candidate: Chief Revenue Officer
Rinus Strydom
A seasoned operator who has successfully navigated the hardware-to-recurring revenue transition firsthand, built and led a 500-person global organization across complex international markets, and guided a company through the rigor of a public market debut. Rinus brings a rare combination of board-level credibility, operational scale, and the forecasting discipline and investor-grade transparency that Fort’s next chapter demands.