Nick Beaird

I love the sport of business, specifically startups and product. I've spent most of my career taking People Operations from 0 to 1 with oversight of technology, and as an avid contributor to product and design. Below is my professional experience, personal projects, and writings. Reach out if you're interested in collaborating or connecting.

experience

BTC Inc.

I was the first HR hire at employee 14. Scaled the events and media teams to 100+ in 12 months, from 3,500 attendees to 35,000. Participated in multiple product launches and later absorbed all of technology, systems, security, in 2024, and AI in 2025. Led executive hiring for Nakamoto and helped with M&A/compliance work to take the company public.

Head of People & AI Transformation

1/26 - Present

Director, People Operations

4/21 - 12/25

Westwind Aviation, Inc.

First HR hire in 2014. I built the People Operations function from 0 to 1 across three entities and 145 employees before selling to United Airlines in 2021. Before the United acquisition, I focused on HR infrastructure, employee relations, policy, and high-volume pilot recruiting. Post-acquisition, after 2/3 of the entities were sold, I focused on designing financial infrastructure, reducing and automating systems, and rebuilding the company's foundation to support a more nimble operation.

Director, Finance & HR (Westwind Air Service)

1/24 - 8/25

Director, HR (Westwind Air Service)

6/21 - 12/23

HR Manager (Westwind School of Aeronautics)

1/14 - 5/21

Wells Fargo

1 yr 7 mos

Started as a teller, promoted to Lead Teller (cash and foreign currency ops), then Personal Banker (accounts and lending).

Personal Banker

2/13 - 9/13

Lead Teller

9/12 - 2/13

Bank Teller

3/12 - 9/12

projects

This Website

Built entirely with Claude Code via the terminal. No frameworks, just pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Current AI

Simply built • the ai-powered mid‑curve tool for productivity that keeps signal, kills noise, and runs local.

agentOS

An HRIS for agents, agent orchestration, and agent task visualization.

HangarOS

Custom built Aviation CRM that monitors booking, chat, customers, aircraft and maintenance modules.

blog

Coming Soon