Doug Hardesty

Doug Hardesty is a serial entrepreneur, operator, and AI strategist. He founded Hardesty Operating Group to give founders scaling manufacturing and hard tech companies access to the operator in the room at every scale, taking them from concept to commercial scale through a repeatable operating playbook. As COO of MycoWorks, he took a first-of-kind (FOAK) technology from concept to a greenfield commercial manufacturing facility and global supply chain spanning the U.S. and Europe, leading a company that raised more than $350M and reached a $500M valuation at commercial scale. At Ernst & Young, he led supply chain reinvention work across global industrial, life sciences, and consumer products companies, leading 10+ plant builds and major expansions representing more than $5 billion in capital investment. He started his career at Procter & Gamble, where he built the company's first external manufacturing platform and holds 8 U.S. and international patents. He's holds a Juris Doctor, MBA and cerificate in AI strategy from MIT Sloan.