Melissa R.
Founder & CEO (stealth on-device AI) | Co-founder
3 recommendations
Salary / Daily rate
3 people recommend
Lisbon, Portugal
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Skills
Languages
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About me
Intro
19+ years - I am the person things run through. From EA to Operations lead, COO, in FMCG, banking, medtech, biotech, Web3, fintech, gaming, HR tech. Regulated, high stakes, high ambiguity. That's my playground. The job under every title was the same. Anticipate, or take the mess with no instructions and turn it into a clean done.- with a lean process, serving people, serving growth and building momentum. I did it by hand for two decades. The tool that should have stood in my palm never existed. So I'm building it. An on-device AI startup, in stealth for now. What I can say: it's for the people who carry the operational load for everyone else, and their data never leaves their device. I build from the person out. Watch how the work actually happens, find the patterns, build last. If they don't adopt it, the product is wrong, not the people. Underneath the systems is a behavioural-science practice (NMA). How people adopt, resist, decide. It shapes the system I build, and now the product. Alongside it, I'm Co-founder & COO at Matchez, a candidate-first HR marketplace, where I'm building the legal, financial, people and governance architecture from zero. -- If you support an executive, hold a team together, or build for people who do, tell me where the work breaks. That's the conversation I want.
Work experience
Founder & CEO
Stealth - on-device AI
Feb 2026 - Present
9 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
On-device AI for executive assistants and the operators who carry the load for everyone else. Private by design. Data stays on the device. In stealth. More soon.
Chief Operating Officer & co-founder
Matchez
Nov 2025 - Present
1 year
United Kingdom
Building the operating & 36-month financial models, and the full legal and governance architecture from zero.
Council for Human Development Swiss Association
Jun 2024 - Present
2 years 5 months
Partner
Sep 2024 - Present
2 years 2 months
Associate
Jun 2024 - Dec 2024
7 months
Zürich, Switzerland
Neuroplastic Mental Acceleration
Fractional COO & People Ops
Press Blockchain
May 2025 - May 2026
1 year 1 month
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Self Employed
U-GR8Freelance
Dec 2024 - May 2026
1 year 6 months
Helping people navigate career & the future of work with guided reflection through behavioural, motivation and cognitive agility assessments.
Fractional HR Ops Manager
Axiosys
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
3 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Obinex
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
7 months
Head of Human Resources & Operations
Feb 2024 - Jul 2024
6 months
Human Resources Manager
Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
3 months
Switzerland
helped me get this job
Operations Manager
All Token Sports
May 2022 - Jan 2024
1 year 9 months
Zug, Switzerland
Built the company from zero, incorporation to banking to accounting. Ran point as CEO proxy to deliver a Seed close, a Tezos Foundation grant, and advanced discussions towards top-tier sports-league partnerships.
Head of Back Office & HR Partner
STALICLA
Nov 2021 - May 2022
7 months
Geneva, Switzerland
Executive Assistant & Projects Coordinator @ m3 SANITRADE
m3 GROUPE
May 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 6 months
Geneva, Switzerland
Executive Assistant to the CEO & Office Manager
STALICLA
Mar 2019 - May 2020
1 year 3 months
Geneva Area, Switzerland
Digital Marketing & Communication Coordinator
Hitachi Medical Systems FranceFreelance
Sep 2017 - Mar 2019
1 year 7 months
Région de Lyon, France
Executive Personal Assistant
mi6appFreelance
Jun 2013 - Mar 2019
5 years 10 months
Self Employed
V.A.W. Services
Jun 2013 - Mar 2019
5 years 10 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Business Manager & Artistic Agent
BLUE LAGOON MUSICFreelance
Jun 2014 - Oct 2017
3 years 5 months
Paris, France
Personal Assistant (promoted Associate)
Citi
Jan 2011 - Jul 2013
2 years 7 months
Geneva, Switzerland
Administrative Assistant & Office Coordinator
Mercuria Energy Trading SA
Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
5 months
Geneva, Switzerland
Ground Operations - Executive Assistant
Flybaboo SA
Feb 2010 - May 2010
4 months
Geneva, Switzerland
WE Baby Care Finance & Accounting - Business Assistant
Procter & Gamble International Operations SA
Mar 2008 - Mar 2010
2 years 1 month
Geneva, Switzerland
Front Desk Receptionist & Instructor / Reservation Agent
Manotel SA
Jun 2007 - Mar 2008
10 months
Geneva, Switzerland
Hôtel Royal ****sup.
Night Auditor
Best Western International
Feb 2007 - Jul 2007
6 months
Annecy, France
Night Auditor
Accor
Apr 2005 - Oct 2006
1 year 7 months
73000 Chambéry, France
Hôtel Mercure Chambéry Centre ***
Team member (promoted instructor)
McDonald's
Jun 2003 - Dec 2003
7 months
01300 Belley, France
Education
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
No degree, English/Spanish
2003 - 2005
2 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Behavioural & Cognitive Assessment
Issued: Aug 2024
NMA Practitioner, Trainer's training programme
Issued: Jul 2024