About

We've Built Growth Engines. Now We're Rethinking What's Possible.

Finding Frisson brings together experienced technology and commercial leaders who have built, scaled, and transformed go-to-market organizations. We combine firsthand operating experience with fresh perspectives on AI, emerging markets, and the next generation of commercial growth.

Our story

Experience Changes the Perspective.

We've built and led commercial organizations — owning targets, hiring teams, and launching products — not just advised them from the outside.

Along the way we kept seeing good products held back by outdated positioning, narrow market definitions, and go-to-market execution that never caught up with the opportunity.

AI and agentic technologies are now changing how markets operate. The openings they create reward both strategic thinking and practical operating experience — the combination we bring to every conversation.

Leadership

Meet the People Behind Finding Frisson.

Different backgrounds. A shared perspective on how technology companies grow, compete, and adapt.

Portrait of Steve Ustaris

Steve Ustaris

Co-Founder · GTM Strategy & Product Marketing

Steve is a go-to-market leader with more than 25 years of experience across retail, marketing, and advertising technology, including CMO and VP of Marketing roles. He currently leads product marketing at Azira, bringing AI-powered location intelligence to market.

Portrait of Chris Parker

Chris Parker

Sales Leadership · MarTech & Customer Engagement

Chris is a MarTech sales leader who grew a global, fully distributed sales team as VP of Sales at Customer.io and was named one of The Software Report's Top 25 Software Sales Executives of 2022. He now helps world-class brands solve customer engagement challenges at Iterable.

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Portrait of Alex Bistran

Alex Bistran

Co-Founder · Marketing & GTM Leadership

Alex has spent more than 15 years helping B2B software companies grow, often as the founding marketer building the function, team, and engine from the ground up. He also serves as Head of Marketing at Cohora, a customer retention platform for ecommerce brands.

How We Work.

Senior Experience, Directly Applied

Your strategy is shaped by people who've led commercial organizations and owned the outcomes.

Impact Over Deliverables

We focus on decisions, execution, and measurable progress — not presentation volume.

Partners in the Work

We work alongside leadership teams to turn strategy into action.

Independent Thinking

We bring a perspective, challenge assumptions, and prioritize what matters.

  • 40+ years

    Combined go-to-market leadership across our team

  • B2B SaaS · MarTech · AdTech

    Where our operating experience sits

  • Top 25

    Chris Parker — The Software Report's Software Sales Executives of 2022

Your Next Growth Opportunity Starts With a Conversation.

Exploring new markets, rethinking your go-to-market strategy, or navigating AI-driven disruption? Let's compare perspectives.

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