Operating Partners
Veep matches companies with vetted senior operators who can own people, organizational, and HR priorities while founders focus on higher-level business decisions.
Get experienced operating support for people priorities without adding a permanent executive too soon. Veep matches founder-led and small businesses with vetted senior operators who can take ownership of urgent HR, organizational, and people work. Flexible engagements help keep critical initiatives moving, strengthen execution, and give founders more room to focus on the business.
Flexible operating support helps small businesses address people priorities, organizational work, and executive-level HR needs.
Veep matches companies with vetted senior operators who can own people, organizational, and HR priorities while founders focus on higher-level business decisions.
Choose advisory, project-based, or ongoing support scoped around the work, allowing your business to access senior people expertise without a permanent commitment.
Access managed operating capacity for people and related priorities, with matched operators taking responsibility for execution rather than providing recommendations alone.
Small businesses often carry people and organizational work alongside already demanding operating responsibilities. Veep connects you with vetted senior operators who can step into the work, clarify ownership, and drive important HR priorities forward. Engagements are scoped to your initiative, whether you need advisory guidance, project execution, or ongoing operating support, without immediately making a permanent executive hire.
Veep gives small businesses access to senior operators who own the work and help critical priorities move forward.
Work with former founders, CEOs, GMs, and C-suite leaders who understand complex operating challenges.
Receive an operator selected for your priority, business context, company stage, and functional needs.
Operators step into execution, not just recommendations, so important people work continues moving.
Scope support around the initiative and adjust the engagement without immediately adding permanent executive headcount.
Experienced founders built Veep to help companies move faster.
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.
HR outsourcing cost varies based on the scope, urgency, and engagement model for the work. Veep structures engagements around the initiative rather than requiring a long-term commitment, with options that can include advisory, project-based, or ongoing operator support. The team scopes the need and matches the business with an appropriate senior operator before work begins.
Talk with Veep about the people work your business needs to move forward.
Veep connects businesses with senior operators across North America and Europe through a managed remote model.
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Operator swap or walk-away option helps reduce engagement risk
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