Bruno Leca
New York, NY
Business operations and growth leader and self-taught developer with 15+ years scaling early and growth-stage companies.
My career spans strategic finance and hands-on operations. I'm comfortable going 0 to 1, building MVPs, technical models, dashboards, and AI products, and I approach challenges with a strong analytical mindset, technical fluency, and a focus on quick iteration.
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QuietGrowth
A multi-tenant AI inbox assistant for event venues. A sequence of AI agents parses inquiries, drafts replies, automates follow-ups, and books tours, turning slow inbound into booked revenue.
- Cold-called and closed a 12-week pilot with 3 venues, re-engaging 22% of dormant leads
- Designed a multi-vertical expansion roadmap (catering, retreats, charters, equipment rental)
Experience
VerchAI
Feb 2025 - Jan 2026Retail store-execution platform
- Took VerchAI from concept to a live multi-tenant SaaS platform in 24 weeks, owning product vision, engineering, and interface design
- Built a 3D fixture configurator letting non-technical merchandisers assemble store-ready layouts without design software
- Onboarded 5 retail brands into a pilot of 22,000 store configurations across 32 countries
- Shipped a design agent (text-to-fixture), an Excel importer, and a computer-vision check matching live store photos to designs
AFD Holdings
Sep 2018 - Feb 2025Real estate & hospitality holding company
- Directed a portfolio of 8 companies across real estate and hospitality, growing it from $7MM to $45MM AUM
- Launched and operated the hospitality vertical (The PA Market / The Art Room), growing revenue from $1.1MM in 2019 to $5.2MM in 2025
- Led COVID restructuring and recovery, securing $3MM+ in grants and rescaling the hospitality team from 4 to 40 in 4 months
- Built portfolio-wide reporting, unit-economics models, and department-level P&L dashboards
- Grew a real estate portfolio from 3 breakeven buildings to 6 buildings with $940k FCF through $15MM+ in financings
- Refinanced a $1.6MM mixed-use acquisition at $4.6MM three years later, generating $1.4MM in liquidity
- Took over a stalled $3MM+ Hoboken construction project, personally running subcontractors, inspections, and bank drawdowns
Xipto Inc
May 2009 - Mar 2014Mobile advertising startup
- Acting CFO at 23, owning forecasting, board reporting, fundraising, and executive-level partnership negotiations
- Negotiated carrier partnerships with Verizon (US), Orange (France), Vodafone (Portugal), and Digicel (Central America)
- Led the Portugal market launch and relocated part-time to run it
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Strategic Finance
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Interested in discussing growth operations, strategic finance, or new opportunities? I'd love to hear from you.