Research Firm Vault AI Taps NRG Vet Ethan Titelman As President Of Client Solutions, Makes 3 Other Key Exec Hires

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EXCLUSIVE: Vault AI, an emerging, tech-oriented market research firm, has made a set of key exec hires.Heading the new roster is NRG veteran Ethan Titelman, who is joining the company as president of client solutions.Luke Schoknecht, who ran the Australia-based brand agency Raine & Makin before beginning a consulting engagement with Vault last year, has been named Chief Marketing Officer.

AJ Giovannetti, a veteran of Paramount Pictures and NRG, is coming aboard as SVP of product strategy. Also new to the fold is Rich Calabrese, executive director of insights and strategy.Vault last December closed an $8 million Series A funding round.

Investors in that round from investors included Israel-based PICO Venture Partners and Hearst Ventures, the investment arm of Hearst Corp.

and an early backer of companies like Roku, Pandora and BuzzFeed. Other participants in the Series A included former Sony Pictures Entertainment Vice Chairman Yair Landau as well as existing Vault investors TV Azteca and Sky/ProSieben-backed Remagine Ventures.Founded in 2015, the company now has a workforce of about 50 and has offices in LA and Israel.Titelman, who was an EVP at NRG, is leading all client relationship interaction for Vault.