10 VPs of operations
Plants in the USA and Mexico at Prince Manufacturing, open-deck oversized freight at Daily Express, back-office and customer experience work at Velocitii, and teams at CLEAR, Rev and Comcast Business are the settings for these vice presidents of operations. Six reached the VP title at a company where they already held other roles, so leaders deciding how to scale operations without costs rising alongside volume can pick someone whose setting matches theirs.
Professionals to explore
Allan Langfield
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Operations, Advanced Solutions Group · Comcast Business
Allan Langfield has spent the years since 2010 at Comcast Business: Vice President - Operations, Advanced Solutions Group since February 2022, Executive Director - ActiveCore Operations (2019-2022), Executive Director - Product Management (2014-2019) and earlier product development and roadmap titles. Langfield fits questions on moving from product management into an operations role.
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Chris Alexander
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations · CLEAR
Chris Alexander has been Vice President, Operations at CLEAR since April 2025, and held Head of North America Operations at Sonder Inc. (2024-2025) and Head of North America Operations - East Coast (2024). Chris has a track record of building organizations 0 to 1 and scaling complex operations across tech-enabled services, hospitality and consumer industries, a fit for questions on scaling operations across regions.
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Don Williams
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Murphy USA
In the Vice President Operations role at Murphy USA since January 2026, covering the Quickchek Region, Don Williams has held Murphy USA titles including Sr. Director of S&O and People Analytics (2023-2026) and Director of Sales and Operations (2019-2021). Don cites expense control, process optimization and P&L accountability as ways of driving profitability.
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Emily Kelly
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Larineco™
Emily Kelly is Vice President Operations at Larineco™ (since February 2026), and was Senior Director of Operations at Zenni Optical (2023-2026) and Vice President, Operations (2019-2023) and Senior Vice President Operations (2023) at Hubble Contacts. Kelly's LinkedIn profile mentions global supply chain and scaling consumer brands, and Kelly is also Advisor and Member at StartOps.
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Genoveva Sánchez Cruz
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Prince Manufacturing, Inc.
Genoveva Sánchez Cruz's Prince Manufacturing, Inc. titles are Vice President Operations since June 2021, Operations Sr Director (2018-2021) and México Operations Sr Director (2018). The role is described as directing the operations of all Prince plants in the USA and Mexico. Ansell titles (2012-2016) include Western Hemisphere Lean Six Sigma Leader, a fit for plant cost and lean questions.
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Kristen Bierman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations · Upside
Kristen Bierman has been Vice President of Operations at Upside since January 2019. At Uber, the titles were Operations Manager (2014-2015), Senior Operations Manager (2015-2016), Regional Greenlight Manager, US East (2016-2018) and Head of Operations, Regional Greenlight (US East US Southwest) (2018-2019), which suits questions on scaling field operations across regions in a marketplace.
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Kristine Hughes
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President Operations · Velocitii
Since March 2026, Kristine Hughes has been Vice President Operations at Velocitii, and was earlier Director of Operations (2020-2026) and Management Trainer (2019-2020) there. Kristine also held ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS at Claims Recovery Financial Services, LLC (2010-2018), and names BPO, customer experience and back-office operations as areas of experience.
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Matthew Rea
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Daily Express, Inc
Matthew Rea's Daily Express, Inc titles run from State Inspection Mechanic (1999-2003) and Regional Sales Manager (2010-2012) to Regional Operations Manager (2012-2015), Heavy Haul Manager (2015-2022) and Vice President Operations since July 2022. Rea describes the team's mission as open-deck oversized transportation, so Rea fits trucking and heavy haul questions.
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Pat Krouse
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Rev
Pat Krouse is Vice President Operations at Rev (since January 2022) after a year as Senior Director Of Operations there (2021-2022), and was Head of Strategy & Business Operations Enterprise Ads at Indeed (2019-2021). Krouse's background spans strategy and business operations across software and advertising, and Krouse chaired the board of Austin Task, Inc. (2024-2025).
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Perrine Parker
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · GOAT Group
Vice President Operations at GOAT Group since June 2021, Perrine Parker was Senior Operations Manager (2014-2019) and Operations Assistant (2011-2014) at Capgemini. Perrine's experience covers supply chain logistics and customer service, along with process improvement and cross-functional teams, which suits questions on keeping logistics and customer service in step as volume grows.
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Choose the right perspective
Pick by setting first. Genoveva Sánchez Cruz fits plant operations, Matthew Rea fits trucking, Kristine Hughes fits BPO and back-office work, and Don Williams fits regional operations with a people analytics background. Perrine Parker, Emily Kelly, Kristen Bierman and Chris Alexander held operations titles at GOAT Group, Hubble Contacts, Upside and Sonder Inc. and suit customer-facing growth questions, while Pat Krouse and Allan Langfield bring strategy and product titles into operations.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01When volume doubles, which operations costs should stay flat, and how do you design the process so they do?
- 02How do you decide whether a new region, plant or service line gets its own operations team or is handled by the existing one?
- 03Which three operating metrics would you put in front of the CEO every week, and which would you stop reporting?
About this directory
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