Confirm responsibility for the issue you solve, current priorities and the likely evaluation team. A senior functional leader may be a better first conversation than the CEO.
Look across your employees, customers, investors, advisors and partners. Former colleagues and documented professional relationships can suggest routes, but confirm them before asking anyone to introduce you.
An internal sponsor may help explain the process and arrange a relevant conversation. Executive assistants can also be approached respectfully with a concise business purpose.
Explain why the discussion matters now, what insight you offer and the small next step you want. Avoid vague networking requests or exaggerated claims. Cold outreach is not categorically impossible at this level; relevance and execution matter.
Coordinate outreach with the account team, respond promptly and qualify the opportunity. Track whether the meeting reached an appropriate stakeholder and produced an agreed next action.
Orbb supports researching influential people and potential paths, then coordinating approved introductions. It should not promise access to every Fortune 500 executive or imply that a warm opening removes normal evaluation requirements.