FINANCE
NAME: DAVID PINN JOB TITLE: CEO COMPANY: BRAIN CORP INDUSTRY: AI AND ROBOTICS LOCATION: SAN DIEGO, US
David previously led Brain Corp’ s finance organisation before becoming CEO, ensuring that strategy and ROI alignment are baked into his leadership style. He now drives strategy and execution.
weight, giving businesses a single and data-led view of commercial reality and tightening the link between strategy, product and customers. Nowhere is this more evident than in fast-growing technology businesses, where rapid innovation cycles and shifting customer expectations require leadership teams that can interpret the market in real time. The senior team at Brain Corp, a leader in physical AI with more than 40,000 autonomous robots deployed globally, illustrates this well. Operating at the intersection of fastmoving technology and traditionally slower-moving customers, the company depends on a well coordinated leadership team capable of translating market signals into decisive action.
Leveraging shared goals“ My relationship with my CRO is critically important,” says CEO David Pinn of his collaboration with Chris Lobdell, Brain Corp’ s Chief Revenue Officer.“ He and his organisation are the sensors of the market. They’ re on the frontlines.” Brain Corp’ s BrainOS platform powers robots across retail, logistics, education and manufacturing.“ AI and robotics are extremely fast moving, but our partners and customers are often in slower-moving industries,” David says.“ The question is how you bridge those two worlds.” That tension— between the pace of innovation and the tempo of customer adoption— is where the CEO-CRO partnership is particularly valuable, creating a single lens through which
124 March 2026