Gaylan G.
Studied at United States Naval Academy
Works at Airspeed
Not currently taking new clients
About Gaylan
🦄 Current Head of Product at Airspeed, a B2B SaaS seed funded tech start up, whose mission is to help employees feel connected and celebrated. 🌟 Founder of Gallant.ai, a B2C productivity platform. Looking for pre-seed funding, no code implemented. 🚀 Product Advisor to Simpler, a B2C personal task management/productivity software. 📊 Former Product Manager at LinkedIn on the Sales Navigator Product Team during my Navy Fellowship. ⚓️ Veteran Naval Officer with 11 years of leadership experience leading teams from 30 to 100 throughout 4 operational deployments. 👨⚖️ Former U.S. Navy-Senate Liaison working at the Navy Office of Legislative Affairs and Flag Aide (Deputy Chief of Staff) to the Chief of Legislative Affairs for the Navy. ❓Ask me about: ⦿ Veterans seeking to enter the tech industry. ⦿ Product led growth strategies ⦿ Product management ⦿ Implementing productivity/collaboration methodologies and systems for the individual and teams. ⦿ Start up advice for B2B and B2C software products and services.
Work Experience
Product Advisor
simpler.
September 2022 - Present
Founder
Gallant.ai
November 2021 - Present
Head of Product
Airspeed
June 2021 - Present
Senior Director of Plans and Strategy
U.S. Navy
January 2021 - May 2022
Director of Operations
U.S. Navy
November 2019 - December 2019
Product Manager
August 2017 - September 2018
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Chief of Legislative Affairs
U.S. Navy
October 2016 - August 2017
U.S Navy-Senate Liaison
U.S. Navy
May 2015 - October 2016
Head of Antiterrorism
U.S. Navy
January 2014 - May 2015
Head of Main Propulsion Division
U.S. Navy
July 2011 - December 2013
Education
United States Naval Academy
Bachelors, Quantitative Economics
2007 - 2011
The mission of the US Naval Academy is to develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character, to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.