Operating Partners
Vetted senior operators step into finance priorities and high-stakes decisions, taking ownership across advisory, project-based, or ongoing engagements.
Austin founders and growing companies can access senior financial leadership without immediately making a permanent executive hire. Veep matches companies with vetted operators who can own forecasting, reporting, fundraising support, financial strategy, and other high-impact priorities. Engagements are scoped to the work, giving leadership teams practical capacity and clearer decisions as complexity grows.
Flexible senior finance support helps founder-led companies address urgent priorities without committing to a permanent executive hire.
Vetted senior operators step into finance priorities and high-stakes decisions, taking ownership across advisory, project-based, or ongoing engagements.
Choose a scope aligned with the work, from focused financial initiatives to ongoing fractional leadership, without a multi-year commitment.
Veep matches companies with experienced operators who can own financial work, move priorities forward, and support continuity through changing business needs.
Fractional CFO support gives Austin founders access to experienced financial judgment while critical work is still moving. A matched operator can own planning, analysis, reporting, fundraising support, and other priorities according to your company’s context. Veep structures each engagement around the initiative, whether advisory, project-based, or ongoing, so you gain practical leadership without immediately adding a permanent executive.
Veep provides matched, senior operating ownership for finance priorities that cannot wait.
Access former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite executives, and functional leaders with hands-on operating experience.
Operators are selected around your priority, company stage, urgency, function, industry, and business context.
Structure finance support around the work, with engagements that can pause, extend, or scale as needs change.
The 30-day fit guarantee helps Austin companies reduce risk when bringing in senior fractional leadership.
Experienced founders built Veep to make senior operating capacity accessible.
Co-Founder
Dave Garcia is a Co-Founder of Veep, bringing decades of experience building and scaling products inside high-growth startups. Throughout his career, Dave has launched products from the ground up, led critical organizational pivots, and guided companies through successful exits. His deep understanding of what it takes to move fast without sacrificing quality shapes Veep's approach to matching companies with senior operators who can immediately own outcomes. At Veep, Dave focuses on helping founders and CEOs offload urgent, high-impact work so they can concentrate on strategic priorities. He is passionate about giving founders access to the same caliber of operating talent that only the largest companies typically enjoy, ensuring critical work never sits idle waiting for a permanent hire.
Co-Founder
Jian Yang is a Co-Founder of Veep with an extensive background in raising capital, scaling companies, and leading organizations through successful exits. His experience spans multiple high-growth environments where he directly navigated the operational and financial challenges that founders face daily. Jian co-founded Veep to give other founders and executives access to senior-level operating expertise without the delays and risks of traditional hiring processes. He is dedicated to helping companies move critical initiatives forward with the same rigor and judgment he applied while building and scaling his own ventures. At Veep, Jian focuses on ensuring clients receive matched operators who bring both strategic insight and hands-on execution, helping founder-led and investor-backed companies grow smarter and faster.
Co-Founder
Mark Newhouse is a Co-Founder of Veep, known for building brands, transforming organizations, and successfully selling startups over the course of his career. His broad experience across company stages and industries gives him a unique perspective on the operational gaps that emerge as businesses scale. Mark co-founded Veep to address a recurring problem he witnessed firsthand: critical work without clear ownership, left to founders and CEOs already stretched thin. He is committed to building alongside founders, providing them with vetted senior operators who step in immediately and take ownership of high-impact priorities. At Veep, Mark emphasizes clean handoffs and guaranteed fit, ensuring that every engagement delivers real results and lasting continuity for the businesses Veep serves.
Fractional CFO pricing varies with the scope, urgency, business context, and engagement model. A focused advisory initiative may differ substantially from embedded ownership of ongoing finance work. Veep structures engagements around the work rather than a standard long-term commitment, helping companies define the required level of senior capacity before selecting an operator. The appropriate scope can include advisory, project-based, or ongoing support.
Talk with Veep about the senior operating capacity your company needs.
A structured safeguard for operator fit and engagement confidence.
Access to a curated network of vetted senior operators.
Operators matched to the work, urgency, and business context.
Tell Veep what needs ownership, and explore a senior operator matched to your company’s priorities.
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