Career navigation for operators and executives
Fractional people & talent partner
Navigate the human side of AI with warmth, rigor, and a global network.
Aptiv8 (Aptitude × Innovate) equips operating leaders, executives, and VC firms to stay indispensable—spotting critical skill gaps, designing human change playbooks, and keeping communities connected as AI reshapes teams.
Future-ready people systems for AI-native teams
Advisory for VCs + their startup CEOs
Ways to work together
For individuals
Career clarity sessions, interview rehearsal, & skills roadmaps to stay ahead of AI reshuffles.
For CEOs
On-demand leadership support to redesign organization structure, compensation, and engagement, and drive effective change.
For VC partners
Hands-on advisory for VC partners + their startup CEOs: leadership searches, CEO coaching, and people ops diagnostics.
Focus areas
AI Career Navigation
Design a 3–6 month plan that keeps your story compelling when companies are trimming or reinventing roles.
- Talent audit + positioning
- Warm intros & accountability cadence
Future-Ready People Ops
Operational guidance for reorganizations, automation plans, and talent searches connected to VC partners.
- Org design & comms kits
- Investor + CEO search orchestration
Community & Event Architecture
Plan and produce salon-style gatherings, recruiting showcases, and portfolio meetups that deepen networks and surface talent.
- Network salons & recruiting showcases
- On-site hosting + post-event talent follow-up
Signature builds
AI Link
An invite-only community bringing entrepreneurs and technologists together—in person and in a trusted, high-signal space.
Talentiz
Container-style recruiting assistance for early-stage teams who need to hire top executives, board members, and AI engineers yesterday.
Buildathon
A talent discovery sprint that surfaces AI engineers through collaborative, high-trust challenges.
Entrepreneur Summits
Annual gatherings aligning AI-native startups with investors, partners, and founding team members.
Meet Linda Lee
The operator founders call when people systems have to scale with heart.
I run Aptiv8 as a fractional people and talent partner for AI-native founders, operating leaders, and the VCs who back them. My lane is pairing authenticity, rigor, and a global network so leaders can navigate hiring swings, reorganizations, and automation plans without losing their essence.
Before Aptiv8, I spent seven years at Andrew Ng’s AI Fund as Talent Partner, building the Fund’s talent, HR, and marketing functions while standing up people infrastructure for 40+ newly launched portfolio companies. Across 20+ years in global HR—ByteDance, AgilOne, Kintana, plus operating and starting three small businesses from scratch—I’ve supported teams in 20+ countries and sat in every seat from recruiter to board advisor.
Clients rely on me for hands-on org redesigns, change plans rooted in transparent comms, and talent campaigns that range from AI Sourcing Agents to traditional CEO and founding team searches. The community programs I founded under the AI Fund umbrella (AI Link, Buildathon, Entrepreneur Summits) still guide how I keep 700+ execs, operators, and builders connected.
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