Operating Partners
Vetted senior operators step into urgent finance priorities and high-stakes decisions, taking ownership of outcomes across planning, reporting, fundraising, and strategic execution.
Get senior financial leadership without waiting for a permanent hire. Veep matches Indianapolis companies with vetted operators who can own urgent finance priorities, improve visibility, support growth decisions, and build momentum when founders or leadership teams need additional capacity. Flexible engagements bring hands-on execution, clear ownership, and continuity suited to growing businesses navigating complex financial needs.
Flexible senior finance support for urgent priorities, ongoing leadership, and high-impact work before a permanent executive hire.
Vetted senior operators step into urgent finance priorities and high-stakes decisions, taking ownership of outcomes across planning, reporting, fundraising, and strategic execution.
Choose advisory, project-based, or ongoing support scoped to the work rather than a long-term commitment, with hands-on ownership from a matched senior operator.
Add experienced financial leadership when growing complexity outpaces internal capacity, helping founders and executives move critical work forward with greater focus.
Veep connects Indianapolis companies with vetted senior operators who can own finance priorities when permanent hiring is not the right immediate answer. Operators bring experience from high-growth businesses and work directly on urgent decisions, reporting, planning, fundraising, and operational finance. Engagements are scoped to the initiative, helping leadership teams build momentum while retaining flexibility and receiving a clean handoff when the work is complete.
Veep provides experienced operators who take ownership of critical work, not just offer recommendations.
Work with former founders, CEOs, C-suite leaders, and functional experts who understand complex growth challenges.
Each operator is selected around the priority, company stage, function, business model, and leadership context.
Operators step into the work, helping Indianapolis leaders address financial priorities with practical, local-market awareness.
Pause, extend, or scale an engagement around the work instead of committing immediately to permanent executive headcount.
Founders and operators helping companies move important work forward.
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.
A fractional CFO provides senior financial leadership on a part-time, project-based, or ongoing basis. Depending on the engagement, the operator may own financial planning, reporting, analysis, fundraising support, strategic decisions, and finance-related operating priorities. Veep’s model emphasizes hands-on ownership and measurable outcomes rather than recommendations delivered from the sidelines.
Talk with Veep about the finance priority your company needs to move.
Invite-only network of experienced operating leaders
Operators selected for company context and priority fit
Flexible protection through operator replacement or exit
Share your priorities and learn how Veep can match you with an operator who owns the work.
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