Seth Dallob

Twenty years of turning messy problems into finished projects.

I'm an operations leader who takes on the work nobody owns: stalled projects, broken processes, and everything that falls between departments. I've done it in real estate, private equity, insurance, logistics, and now AI.

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Figure 1. Seth Dallob
Name
Seth Dallob
Base
Reno, NV
Current
Operations, Teserae
Prior
COO, Managing Member, Director
Licenses
Instrument-rated private pilot; SIE and Series 7 (63 and 79 in progress)
Contact
[email protected]
(626) 548-8031

Contents

Experience

A COO with experience across startups and established firms. I build teams, iterate from evidence, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and run everything from HR to strategy and execution.

Jul 2026 - nowTeserae Early-stage AI startupOperations

Operations, systems administration, and UI/UX. Renewing my securities licenses for work with a Teserae pilot partner: SIE and Series 7 passed in 2026, Series 63 and 79 in progress.

Sep 2019 - nowNexGen Housing Partners Seattle, WACOO and Partner

Led a 25-person team across functions, delivered three multifamily projects (141 units), built operating processes and the tech stack, and lobbied for changes to Washington's MFTE law that added millions in portfolio value on a zero budget.

Figure 2. Three projects, 141 units
Dec 2016 - Dec 2019Family office BangkokManaging Member, Private Equity

Sourced and managed private equity partnerships: diligence, financing, and investor communications. Returned 1.3x to 1.9x invested capital.

Oct 2015 - Dec 2016Allstate Northbrook, ILBusiness Consultant

Built out the Good Hands Rescue Network with the partner operations behind a nationwide rollout, and introduced Lean and Agile methods.

Jan 2015 - Oct 2015HONK Santa Monica, CADirector, Partnership Operations

Led provider network operations and scaled networks across the US and Canada through Seed and Series A.

May 2008 - Dec 2014AAA Costa Mesa, CASupervisor, Specialty Networks

Ran technology rollouts and developed KPIs, SLAs, and vendor selection criteria. Twice nominated for the Cheshire Award of Excellence, AAA's highest honor.

Family office partnerships

Off the clock

Figure 4. N6350T, Cessna TR182 Turbo Skylane RG

Pilot

Private pilot for 20+ years, instrument rated, 2,000+ hours.

Chef

Private chef specializing in Persian cuisine at Tahoe Persian Kitchen.

Finance

FINRA arbitrator. Before all of this, a financial advisor from 2000 to 2003, holding the Series 7, 63, 65, and 66.

Hacker Dojo

Board Secretary of Hacker Dojo, the nonprofit hackerspace and community center in Silicon Valley, since 2022.

Rumi

My beagle, semi-famous on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. A very good boy. Newsweek has covered his adoption, his flying, and his sleeping arrangements, and National Geographic asked how he handles daylight saving time.

Figure 5. Rumi, a very good boy

Public office

Ran for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board in 2024. Lost by 75 votes (0.42%).

Charcuterie

I run Reno-Tahoe Charcuterie Co. with my wife. It's worthy of your patronage.

Television

Wrote a couple of episodes for TV shows you've never heard of.

US Mint

Received one of the US Mint letters featured on a Planet Money episode.

Writing

Figure 6. Letters to the editor

Feb 2025

Stirring the pot: Environmental Services' crusade against MEHKOs South Tahoe Now. Why El Dorado County's opposition to home kitchen operations doesn't hold up against the county's own records.

Dec 2024

The biggest self-inflicted wound South Tahoe Now. How unfunded seismic mandates are pushing Barton Health's hospital out of South Lake Tahoe, and what it costs the town.

More in the Tahoe Daily Tribune and South Tahoe Now.

Education, licenses, and tools

Education

  • MBA, Drucker School of Business, Claremont Graduate University
  • BA, Radio/TV/Film, California State University, Northridge

Licenses

  • Securities, renewing now through Teserae: SIE and Series 7 (passed 2026), Series 63 and 79 (in progress)
  • Securities, 2000 to 2003 as a financial advisor: Series 7, 63, 65, and 66
  • Instrument-rated private pilot

Service

  • FINRA arbitrator
  • Board Secretary, Hacker Dojo (since 2022)

Tools I've run

  • Salesforce, Procore, Smartsheet, Jira
  • Tableau, QuickBooks, Jotform
  • Google Workspace, Microsoft 365
  • AI tools across the stack

Next

I run operations at Teserae and I'm happy there. If you're working on something where the hardest problem is operational, I'd like to hear about it.

Figure 7. Next leg

Roles

COO, Chief of Staff, private equity associate or manager, family office managing member, special projects, recruiting and HR leadership.

Location

Fully remote; hybrid up to three days a week in California, Nevada, or Oregon (I fly myself); or relocation for the right role.

Arrangement

W-2 preferred. Contract work if the project is genuinely interesting.

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Email
[email protected]
Phone
(626) 548-8031
Base
Reno, NV 89502
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