Interim People Leadership
Access a vetted senior operator to own urgent people priorities, support leadership decisions, and provide practical direction while a permanent executive search remains open.
Move critical people work forward without waiting for a permanent executive hire. Veep matches founder-led and growth-stage companies with vetted senior operators who can take ownership across people strategy, organizational priorities, and execution. Engagements are scoped to the work, supported by a managed matching model, and designed to give leaders practical capacity when unresolved HR priorities are slowing momentum.
Flexible people leadership and operating support for companies that need experienced HR ownership before a permanent hire.
Access a vetted senior operator to own urgent people priorities, support leadership decisions, and provide practical direction while a permanent executive search remains open.
Assign a senior operator to a defined people or organizational initiative, with hands-on execution, clear accountability, and engagement terms shaped around the work.
Add experienced HR leadership without an immediate permanent commitment. Operators can support recurring needs, evolving priorities, and growing organizational complexity.
Veep connects companies with vetted senior operators who step into urgent people and organizational work before a permanent executive hire is in place. Rather than stopping at recommendations, operators take responsibility for execution, judgment, and outcomes. Engagements can be advisory, project-based, or ongoing, with a matched fit process and continuity built into the handoff.
Get senior ownership for important work without defaulting to an immediate permanent hire.
Work with former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite leaders, and experienced functional operators.
Operators step into the work and own execution instead of leaving recommendations with your team.
Veep matches the operator to your priority, urgency, company stage, function, and business context.
Scope support around the initiative, with options to pause, extend, scale, or transition cleanly.
Experienced builders helping companies access senior operating capacity.
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 consulting provides experienced guidance and execution support for people, organizational, and workforce priorities. Depending on the engagement, an HR consultant may help leaders address organizational needs, clarify ownership, support people initiatives, or lead a defined project. Veep’s interim operators go beyond recommendations by embedding with the company and taking responsibility for the agreed work and outcomes.
Talk with Veep about the operator and engagement structure that fit your work.
Access experienced operators with leadership and operating backgrounds.
Structured matching based on priority, context, urgency, and fit.
A defined fit safeguard with swap or walk-away options.
Tell Veep what needs ownership, and explore a matched senior operator for the work.
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