Chief Operating Officers
We recruit COOs and other Operations Leaders who ensure startups meet demand with precision and efficiency. These experts manage production, supply chain, quality, and more, driving operational excellence that meets performance thresholds, price points, and scale requirements in the Deep Tech industry.
Chief Operations Officers for Deep Tech
Deep Tech Leaders’ Operations leaders tend to possess a blend of corporate and growth-stage experience. Crucially, they understand what it means to scale operations for innovative solutions serving global markets. The Operations leaders we recruit have often lived and worked around the world, scaling operations, implementing world-class systems, and perhaps most importantly all of all, ensuring the right mindset and culture required to become a truly world-class operation.
Below are examples of the Operations Leaders we’ve placed. Visit the Opportunities page to explore our available Deep Tech Leadership roles.
John Shaw - Chief Operating Officer, Luffy AI
What does it take for an industrial AI company to progress its offering enough so that it can serve leading customers in the field of industrial controls, metals, chemicals, advanced materials and robotics? That’s the responsibility Luffy AI gave to John Shaw, an experienced software leader with a background in transforming innovative technologies into desirable solutions that can be delivered at scale, around the world. A Maths degree from Oxford, a Masters in AI from Imperial, and leadership experience at Microsoft, Sophos, and R3 delivered the experience and skill for John to take on this critical role.
Fraser Matthews - Head of Operations, DNAe
DNAe is developing next-generation sequencing devices for the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases like sepsis, a genuine, one-of-a-kind innovation. Fraser was appointed Operations leader for the group to transform the way the group worked, aligning their practices with other world-class environments so that the company’s lab to market journey could be smoother and ultimately, more successful. His 25-year career in senior operational, programme management and commercial roles, not to mention his formidable leadership style, made him the ideal choice for the role.
