Operating Partners
Veep matches founder-led companies with vetted senior operators who own urgent priorities and high-stakes decisions across finance, operations, growth, product, people, fundraising, and strategy.
Move important work forward with senior operating expertise built for small and growing businesses. Veep matches founder-led and owner-led companies with vetted operators who take ownership of urgent finance, go-to-market, operations, product, people, fundraising, and strategy priorities. Gain focused capacity, practical execution, and a clear path forward without immediately committing to a permanent executive hire.
Flexible senior operating support helps small businesses address urgent priorities without immediately making permanent executive hires.
Veep matches founder-led companies with vetted senior operators who own urgent priorities and high-stakes decisions across finance, operations, growth, product, people, fundraising, and strategy.
Choose advisory, project-based, or ongoing support scoped to the initiative. Engagements can pause, extend, or scale around the work rather than requiring a long-term commitment.
Access managed operating capacity when your business needs experienced leadership to move critical work forward before a permanent executive hire is in place.
Small businesses often have important finance, go-to-market, operations, people, product, or strategy work that cannot wait for a permanent hire. Veep provides matched senior operators who step into the work, own outcomes, and bring practical judgment to the business context. Flexible engagement models help companies add capacity while preserving room to pause, extend, or transition the work cleanly.
Veep gives growing companies senior ownership without forcing an immediate permanent hiring decision.
Work with former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite leaders, and functional experts.
Receive an operator matched to the priority, company context, stage, function, and urgency.
Operators step into the work and own results instead of leaving recommendations behind.
The 30-day fit guarantee reduces engagement risk and supports an operator replacement or exit.
Experienced builders helping companies 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.
Small business consulting through Veep focuses on moving important work forward with experienced operators who take ownership. Support can cover finance, go-to-market, operations, product, people, fundraising, technology, and strategy. Rather than providing recommendations alone, matched operators embed into the work, make decisions within their remit, and help create results, documentation, context, and continuity for the business.
Talk with Veep about the priority, scope, and operating capacity your business needs.
Invite-only access to experienced operating leaders
Operator replacement or walk-away option reduces engagement risk
Matching considers priority, urgency, context, and working fit
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