Francis Gonzales

Founder & CEO, Orchard Energy - operations · logistics · SaaS

Orchard Energy

Manila, Philippines · PHT (UTC+8)

8+ years experience

University of Indonesia

English, Filipino

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Overview

Founder of Orchard Energy (supply chain software). 8 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small supply chain software company. Before that: REA Group and Standard Chartered. I host a monthly meetup on supply chain software.

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logisticsSaaShealthcareoperations

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Looking for founding engineers to join Orchard Energy early - supply chain software

Role: Founding engineer
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Work mode: On-site
Compensation: $155k-$187k + equity
Team: Founding team, 6 people
Start: This quarter
Must have: Production experience with healthcare Production experience with operations Clear written communication
Process: 3 conversations, no take-home

Comp S$117k-S$212k. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Manila, Philippines · remote OKoperationshealthcarelogistics

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RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Seed round open - API security for law firms, $1M ARR

Stage: Seed
Raising: $1M
Instrument: SAFE
Committed so far: $853k from operators in the space
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: $1M ARR after 26 months
Use of funds: Engineering hires and the first sales team

$1M ARR after 26 months. Looking for investors who know creator tools and can help with hiring.

Manila, Philippines · remote OKhealthcaresaaslogistics

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Experience

Founder & CEO
Jul 2024 - Present
Orchard Energy · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
- Signed 370 paying customers, 22 of them enterprises.
- Previously built and sold a small supply chain software company.
- Took Orchard Energy from zero to $3 million ARR.
Sales Manager
Jun 2022 - Jul 2024
REA Group · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
- Shortened the healthcare sales cycle from 7 months to 6.
Sales Manager
Aug 2019 - Mar 2022
Standard Chartered · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
- Built the healthcare team from 4 to 38 reps.
Regional Sales Director
Jun 2018 - Apr 2019
Bank Central Asia · 10 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
- Closed 138% of quota two years running.
- Opened 8 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.

Projects

Open-source operations toolkit

2025

A small library for supply chain software that 505 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

University of Indonesia
BSc, Computer Science
2013 - 2017

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