Supply chain operations
10 heads of operations
These ten heads of operations hold the Head of Operations title, or a variant such as Head of Operations & Systems or Vice President - Head of Operations, at their companies. Readers can learn how an operations leader designs business processes, works across teams and scales operations as a company grows.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alka Jha
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Head of Operations · Anaptyss
Vice President - Head of Operations at Anaptyss since 2025; her other Anaptyss roles include Associate Vice President (2024–2025), Director of Operations (2023–2024) and Associate Director (2021–2023). Her profile describes her as a business and knowledge operations leader delivering strategic programs for financial institutions, including global banks.
Anita Asiedu
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations · Raenest Business
Head of Operations at Raenest Business since 2025; her listed roles also include Senior Director of Operations (2024–2025) and Director of Operations (2019–2024) at Chipper Cash. She describes the Raenest role as its first senior operations hire, reporting directly to the CEO and COO, owning core business processes to increase efficiency and working with Product and Engineering.
Elena Kozmiryuk
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations · OXORIO
Head of Operations at OXORIO since 2025 and Business Assistant at OXORIO from 2023 to 2025; her listed roles also include Business Assistant to COO at Toonbox (2020–2022). She says she leads and oversees the company's financial and business processes to support delivery of its blockchain security services, including managing cross-functional teams.
Francesca Tsaropoulou
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations · Agroknow
Head of Operations at Agroknow since 2023; her other Agroknow roles include Head of People (2021–2023), People & Alignment Manager (2018–2021) and PA to CEO (2016–2018). She says she leads and aligns core business functions at Agroknow, including People & Culture, Finance, Legal and IT Infrastructure.
Jessica Lukas
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations, Opal (Optimizely's AI platform) · Optimizely
Head of Operations, Opal (Optimizely's AI platform) at Optimizely since 2026 and Senior Director, Product Operations at Optimizely since 2025; her listed roles also include Director, Product Commercialization at Optimizely (2024–2025). Her profile lists product operations, product commercialization, product analytics and product documentation, and an April 2026 post says she was promoted and her role expanded.
Keivan Zolfaghari
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations · Google
Head of Operations at Google since 2019 and Operations Specialist at Google from 2013 to 2019. His profile says he coaches and leads multiple teams whose remits include launching and optimizing in-house escalation management and outsourced support and designing support for new process lines, and describes him as focused on organizational transformation and scaling operations.
Kelvin Vaishnani
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations · SteepGraph
Head of Operations at SteepGraph since 2026; his other SteepGraph roles are Senior Operations Manager (2022–2026), Operations Manager (2019–2021), Operations Executive (2013–2018) and Operations Intern (2011–2013). His profile headline covers business operations, governance and growth across finance, legal, people and technology.
Miguel Martinez Nogueroles
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations · Alex AI
Head of Operations at Alex AI since 2025. His listed roles also include Head of Operations & Partnerships at Gravity Wave (2023–2025), Operations Manager (Process) at Revolut (2022–2023) and Continuous Improvement Engineer at BorgWarner (2019–2021). He describes driving profitability and operational excellence in startups, fintech and manufacturing through strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration and data analytics.
Raffi Vartkessian
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations OnePay · OnePay
Head of Operations OnePay at OnePay since 2022. His listed roles also include Head of Business Operations, ApplePay at Apple (2015–2022) and Senior BPR Manager, WW Sales Operations at Apple (2011–2015). He describes developing and executing strategies that delivered results in growth, profitability and customer satisfaction.
Tess Evans
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations & Systems · Margot and Maëlys
Head of Operations & Systems at Margot and Maëlys since 2020. Her listed roles also include Process Engineer at RRD (2018–2020) and Frito-Lay Processing Supply Chain Associate Manager at PepsiCo (2016–2018). Her profile says she built and scaled a high-volume direct-to-consumer business, managing end-to-end operations across product, supply chain, systems and customer experience, and led projects to design and implement custom e-commerce systems.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's company stage and the functions their role covers, such as support, finance, people or supply chain, to the operations problem you are trying to solve. Ask early how large a team they run and which processes they own directly so you can weigh their advice against your own setup.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which business processes did you redesign first after taking over operations, and how did you choose them?
- 02How do you divide ownership between operations and functions like finance, people and product as a company grows?
- 03Which operating metrics do you review every week, and what changes when one of them slips?
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