Ariel Long.
I close high-ticket deals and run businesses. 10+ years operating in Silicon Valley’s most demanding environments — Fortune 500 clients, complex programs, zero margin for error. Built two companies from scratch. Ready to be the operator a founder trusts to run the business while they build the vision.
Not a
Strategist.
An Operator.
Spent 6 years at South Bay Communications owning client development with the biggest names in Silicon Valley. Not in a support role — as the VP driving revenue. Responsible for the full cycle: relationship, opportunity, capture, close.
While doing that, co-founded ArtMetrics and built the entire business development function. Then built Pure Training Studio and PowerX from the ground up — owning every part of the operation.
Endurance and strength athlete. Discipline is identity, not effort. The same mindset that shows up at 5am shows up in the business.
Owned client development with Fortune 500 executives and capital project stakeholders in Semiconductor & Technology — Nvidia, Taiwan Semiconductor, Foxconn, Thermo-Fisher. Drove the full sales cycle across R&D, Office, High-Tech Industrial, and Medical. Built high-trust executive relationships generating consistent repeat business. Every commitment made in the sale was coordinated through to field delivery.
Co-founded and built the BD function from zero — consulting C-level stakeholders in manufacturing and agriculture on technology strategy, digital process improvement, and operational systems. Owned scope, delivery, and the client relationship end-to-end across long-cycle engagements.
Built and operates a premium strength & functional fitness facility from the ground up — owning all revenue, strategy, operations, and brand.
- Implemented high-ticket sales system driving membership growth and retention
- Manages all financials, brand development, and staff enablement
- Positioned as the premier results-driven training space in the market
Built a performance coaching system and delivery infrastructure from scratch — integrating AI-driven tools, automation, and coaching methodology for hybrid athletes and high-agency operators.
- Designed offers, pricing architecture, and client-facing delivery systems
- Integrates AI tools and automation throughout operations
- Hybrid endurance & strength athlete — discipline built into identity
- High-ticket B2B client acquisition
- Full-cycle pipeline management
- Executive relationship development
- Salesforce CRM
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Scope, schedule & delivery ownership
- Change management
- ERP, Procore, GSuite
- Offer architecture & pricing
- Brand development
- P&L ownership
- AI tools & automation
- C-suite stakeholder relations
- End-to-end POC ownership
- Account retention & expansion
- Fortune 500 experience
- AutoCAD, Adobe Suite
- QuickBooks, Procore
- Salesforce, GSuite
- AI & automation platforms
- Executes without hand-holding
- Bias toward action
- Endurance & strength athlete
- Growth-oriented by default
Let’s Work.
Looking for a founder building something real. If you need a #2 who owns outcomes and executes without hand-holding — let’s talk.
