Alex Smith is a Staff Product Manager at Square. He is proficient in French. Colleagues describe him as "Alex began his tenure at WePay as an intern on our finance team, joined full time as an associate product manager, and ended his tenure as a senior PM. I don't think there was a ceiling on Alex's potential at WePay, and I'm confident he'll continue to excel in his career. He was a great thought-partner to me, central voice in "how we do product at WePay", and strong driver of execution.", "Alex is a fearless PM who walks with you as an engineer and is not afraid to dive-in deeper or get his hands dirty. His sharp intellect and understanding of computer science fundamentals really help him understand technical tradeoffs. I have worked with him since he started working as a product manager out of college. I have seen him grow and rapidly learn to execute on strategic as well as tactical tasks. He was particularly good at gaining the trust and respect of the API engineering team, by investigating bugs or testing products before involving engineering. He achieved this by learning to make API calls and even understanding the basics of git-based version control to ship simple copy changes himself. Alex is very detail-oriented and organized. He used these skills effectively to write really good product specs and user stories. He also cared equally about showing a vision and telling a story to get the team excited about a project. This was crucial when he lead an overhaul of our entire merchant experience. He was able to deconstruct problems into smaller chunks while coming up with interesting ideas for synchronous KYC flow with doc uploads over an API. In such crunch projects, Alex displayed remarkable ability to execute under tight-deadlines and changing priorities while staying calm. I would love to work with him again!", and "I've had the pleasure of watching Alex grow from an eager college graduate into a confident, thoughtful product manager - in an incredible short span of time. Alex effectively managed a large part of our offering, from bugs to full projects, with great collaboration, attention to detail, and successful execution. I completely rely on Alex to know how things are going and what we need to prioritize next. I'd welcome the chance to work w/ Alex anytime."