Operating Partners
Vetted senior operators embed with companies to own urgent priorities across people, operations, strategy, and other high-impact functions, delivering outcomes rather than recommendations.
Veep helps founder-led and growth-stage companies move critical people and organizational work forward with vetted senior operators. From people leadership and organizational priorities to broader operating challenges, matched experts take ownership instead of leaving recommendations with your team. Gain immediate senior capacity, flexible engagement options, and a clearer path through complexity without waiting for a permanent executive hire.
Flexible senior operating support helps companies take ownership of urgent people, organizational, and strategic priorities.
Vetted senior operators embed with companies to own urgent priorities across people, operations, strategy, and other high-impact functions, delivering outcomes rather than recommendations.
Choose advisory, project-based, or ongoing support scoped to the work, helping companies add senior capacity without an immediate permanent executive commitment.
Veep matches companies with experienced operators who bring judgment, execution, and continuity to critical work as businesses navigate growth and complexity.
Human capital priorities can stall when founders and executives remain responsible for every unresolved decision. Veep matches your company with a vetted senior operator who can take ownership of people and organizational work within a broader business context. Engagements are scoped to the initiative, with hands-on execution, documented continuity, and a 30-day fit guarantee that reduces the risk of adding interim capacity.
Veep provides senior ownership when important work cannot wait for a permanent hire.
Access former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite leaders, and functional experts selected for your context.
Veep considers the priority, urgency, company stage, function, industry, business model, and fit.
Operators step into the work, make decisions, and deliver results instead of stopping at recommendations.
A 30-day fit guarantee helps companies reduce engagement risk while adding senior operating capacity.
Experienced builders helping founders move critical 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 human capital consultant helps a company address people, organizational, and leadership priorities. Depending on the engagement, that may include clarifying ownership, supporting organizational change, improving operating practices, advising leaders, or leading a defined initiative. Veep’s senior operators go beyond recommendations: they embed with the company, apply practical judgment, and take responsibility for moving agreed work forward.
Talk with Veep about the operating capacity your company needs.
Access to a curated network of vetted senior operators.
Former founders and executives bring hands-on operating experience.
A defined fit commitment supports lower-risk operator engagements.
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