pacifica, ca · 270° w

Dad. Coach. Writer. Executive.

Store leader › Apple director › VP › founder — twenty years, human at the center.

270°
the person

The Pacific is right there. Most mornings, so are we.

If you've driven the coast south of San Francisco, you've seen the beaches we live by. Writing, working, loving — with my partner, my kids, and my dog.

  • locationPacifica, CA
  • partnerDavid
  • kidsMaddy, Karston, Jeremiah
  • dogCooper — 70lb Bernedoodle
  • currentlyPrincipal, Reck the Fort. Building Fortify™. Writing Reckoning.
the career

Twenty years in rooms where the stakes were real.

Big operations and teams with real consequences. With the human at the center of it all.

Jeremy Runge — executive headshot
the operator · pacifica, ca
01

Reck the Fort LLC

founder & principal · 2025 – present · pacifica, ca

Fractional and advisory operating work — plus Fortify™, coaching for the operators who lead it.

02

GoPuff / BevMo

vice president, retail · 2023 – 2024 · full p&l, $900m+ portfolio

~200 locations, half of total US revenue. Double-digit decline reversed to growth in 12 months.

03

Apple

director, global retail sales & people operations · 2009 – 2023 · 13 years

550+ stores, 25+ countries, 60,000+ people, 500M+ customers a year. The world's most productive retail operation — record NPS.

earlier · carmax regional leader · target store leader → district program · mba, university of denver

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"His care for people is real and unmistakable. You feel it in how he listens, how he invests, and how he shows up when it matters. Leaders like Jeremy don't just influence outcomes — they shape people."

teaubrian clark · vision, people & culture leader
coaching with fortify™ · a whole-human centered approach
  • People are pretty incredible if you think about it. Each of us has so much that makes up the whole.
  • Traditional coaching only reaches some of it. Work on two or three parts, and the rest won't just fall into place.
  • Fortify was built on deep research to connect the entire person. Under our clothes, at the gym, in the boardroom — one system.
FI · SC · RL · ME · SP · SX · EN · ID · PH · CG → YOU
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