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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Lost Sheep Advisory offers No-Code advisory and development services, with a particular expertise in Fintech.- Served as a Fractional CTO and lead Architect for multiple startups and mature businesses- Led a team of no-code developers to create no-code fintech applications for clients- Conducted business development and sales activities to build a sustainable consulting business. - Developed the leading Plaid integration for the Bubble.io platform, and supported multiple other companies and developers in building their own apps using Plaid.

United States

IvyCo is a fintech company that enables consumers to fight climate change with their everyday purchases.Key accomplishments include: - Developing the IvyCo application using No Code and Lite Code solutions- Securing collaborations with leading non-profit environmental organizations- Designing and implementing marketing and brand strategy

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Determined and articulated product strategy for a payment gateway product providing vertical SaaS companies with solutions including APIs, PCI-compliant card tokenization options, and certified EMV hardware terminals.Instilled a product mindset, built structures to support a growing product and engineering team, and provided sales support and implementation consulting to key partners.Visualized KPIs by conducting data analysis and creating dashboards to drive company alignment and influence executive decision making.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Refined product vision and roadmap for a re-imagining of the bank’s SMS communication channel, serving over 5 million customers with more than 11 million monthly transactions.Closely collaborated with the engineering team building a transformational internal API platform that allows products across the bank to deliver text messages to customers while meeting regulatory, reliability, and customer experience standards.Evangelized modern software and product management practices within a transforming technology organization that has a history of deep-seated risk aversion and expertise integrating legacy systems.

Greater Chicago Area

Drove consensus for the initial roadmap of a product addressing a wealth management, robo-advising fintech market segment with the potential of doubling annual revenues.Oversaw the company’s delivery-related dashboards used for monitoring by executives.Managed a full-stack team of 12+ top designers and engineers, and conducted interviews for prospective product team members.

Greater Chicago Area

Provided execution-focused project management for multiple technology efforts in complex, strategically important enterprise environments working with teams of 60+ while operating with significant independence.Coached clients on product-centric and Agile thinking for internal business-critical applications, including creating product roadmaps and establishing permanent backlogs. Created deliverables for application development, market research, and strategic planning projects in conjunction with teams of business leaders, engineers, product owners, and other subject matter experts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Automated procurement and program management business processes involving billions of dollars at clients including the US Postal Service and National Security Agency by implementing enterprise software solutions.Translated business and technical requirement and design considerations into complex software components involving system integrations (REST APIs) and high‐stakes business problems (proxy Product Owner for a major Labor Category Management enhancement).Conducted software functional testing, functional workshops and demonstrations for end‐users and executives, and systems engineering artifact development (DoDAF 2.0).

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Managed multiple theatrical productions, overseeing budgets of over $50k, scheduling for year-long projects, and teams of 40+Facilitated communication between artistic leadership, designers, technical area heads, and faculty to achieve 100% of creative and technical goals without cost or schedule overrun.----Production Manager:Spring Awakening (February 2013)Oleanna (February 2013)Assistant Production Manager:Sweeney Todd, (February 2012)A Number (February 2011)Still Life With Iris (February 2011)A Festival of New Works (February 2011)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Critically examined and improved content generation and approval workflows by leveraging available technology (SharePoint) to maintain a Department-wide digital library of ~30 policy-focused reference documents utilized regularly by senior executives.Reviewed, analyzed, and edited memos for the Secretary of the Treasury on a breadth of subjects such as the Basel Accords Regulations, Tax Reform, and the European Debt Crisis. Assisted in compiling the Secretary of the Treasury's daily briefing books, and those for trips and congressional hearings.

Madison, New Jersey

Conducted operational activities in support of 5 mainstage productions including vendor research, billing/invoicing, procurement logistics, note-taking and distribution, site setup, and schedule coordination.Production Manager for "As You Like It" touring production, which played at 40+ locations around New Jersey.

Bachelor Of Science And Arts, Mathematics And Drama Production Technology & Management, With Honors

ORGANIZATIONS: President’s Student Advisory Council Member: Provided student-perspective feedback to Carnegie Mellon University President.

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