For Technology Leaders and Emerging Technology Founders
Your time, protected.
What matters next, prioritized.
Cresting Wave exists for technology leaders who know innovation matters but refuse to waste time on unprepared or irrelevant vendor conversations. We surface vetted, enterprise-ready technologies aligned to each organization’s environment, ensuring leaders stay informed without searching in the dark.
How Cresting Wave Works
Technology discovery breaks down when context is ignored. Most solutions are presented without understanding your environment, priorities, or constraints, resulting in misaligned conversations and low-signal outcomes.
We start with context.
For technology leaders, we develop a clear understanding of priorities, environments, and constraints. For technology companies, we rigorously assess differentiation, use cases, and real-world applicability. Only then do we bring both sides together. Each introduction is intentional. Each conversation serves a purpose.
For Technology Leaders
You are accountable for strategy, architecture, and risk. We provide curated exposure to emerging technologies aligned with your priorities and operating environment, enabling informed discovery without irrelevant vendor conversations.
For Emerging Technology Companies
Reaching senior decision-makers requires relevance, credibility, and timing. We enable purposeful engagement with leaders whose environments align with your offering, creating space for substantive dialogue and early operator feedback.
Vetted Technologies
Cresting Wave is built on selectivity and precision. We do not surface technologies in bulk or by category. Every solution is evaluated through an operator-led process and matched to a technology leader’s specific environment, priorities, and constraints.
Our curation reflects three inputs: direct engagement with enterprise technology leaders, real-world operating experience, and rigorous technology strategy shaped by Bill Murphy, former CTO of Blackstone and founding CTO of Capital IQ. Every interaction is built to educate, not persuade, helping leaders cut through noise, clarify priorities, and focus on what actually matters.
Operator-Led by Design
Led by Steve Shuhet and Bill Murphy, Cresting Wave is built by operators who have played every role in the innovation go-to-market, from sales and entrepreneurship to investment and enterprise technology leadership. We exist to bring clarity and perspective to technology strategy.