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Seattle, Wa, Us

𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫: Single-threaded leader for B2B Payments Purchase & Checkout Experience responsible for $4.4B (38% YoY) and global payment acceptance and parity, improvement to checkout metrics (e.g. Purchase Success Rate, Checkout Abandonment Rates, Checkout Conversion Rate), and new product development (e.g. Purchase Preferences, Single-page checkout, Payment Revision, Disable Discounts)𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Launched a virtual card acceptance solution with bulk removal capability for B2B customers to address the accrual of hundreds of cards in their wallets to reduce latency, timeouts, and an availability risk to Amazon systems𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫: Led the development of a Tier-1 service and 4 new Payments APIs to act as the backend system supporting all Amazon Business use cases, including but not limited to account structure, business registration, group payments, and group shipping while managing 26 client migrations from existing to new services by supporting their use cases and improving the CX

Seattle, Wa, Us

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬: Launched a buy now pay later (BNPL) invoicing product (Pay-by-Invoice) for two new global regions (Spain & Italy) on Amazon Business for projected order sales of $67M in FY21 and unlocking an additional 42% in incremental spend𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Led the business customer implementation and user experience mitigation workstreams across Product, Marketing, Operations, Issuer Outreach, & Engineering teams to comply with the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) regulation in EU to mitigate over $800M in lost revenue by (i) approving customers for MFA-exempt payment methods (Pay-by-Invoice, Direct Debit), (ii) leveraging numerous exemptions to exempt B2B orders, and (iii) utilizing onsite, proactive, and reactive marketing campaigns𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐞 & 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭: Performed 100+ interviews leading to ~10 hires across Product, Research, UX, & Operations functions

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Evaluated 15+ product pitches by analyzing the customer value proposition while conducting competitive analysis and commercialization potential. Obtained board approval for four products to go through the formal Venture Process.𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Identified opportunities to increase new product velocity by redesigning the framework used by the Venture Team to explore, evaluate, and mature an opportunity. Framework focused on establishing clear timelines for evaluation, formalizing engagement with non-Venture employees, and provided senior leadership with further insights into the pipeline.𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Facilitated lean startup methodology in partnership with designers and engineers to evolve a product pitch into a potential viable standalone business. Developed into numo’s subject matter expert on applicable product, technology, or industry such as payments, non-profit vehicles for alternative investing/funding, market intelligence tools, and C2C gifting𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: Prepared three proposals including a product roadmap incorporating design thinking, marketing strategies, market sizing, projections, and exit modeling. Presented the plan for funding consideration resulting in one MVP development

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐭: Worked alongside the CEO to identify and evaluate new markets for the company’s core product/tech𝐆𝐨-𝐭𝐨-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲: Conducted corporate outreach with research institutions, medical practices, and corporate clients to socialize our innovative technology solution in an effort to drive sales in a B2B market𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Identified and articulated customer needs as business requirements to engineers to build an MVP for our largest customer segment

Worldwide, Oo

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Led a team of 5 to overhaul a poorly performing Program Management Office of a healthcare client responsible for managing a portfolio of 20 projects and contracts valued at $30M annually by creating automated processes, program-level dashboards, and analytical insights to reduce missed deadlines by 50% and improve compliance by 10%𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: Facilitated customer interviews with 50+ service members across 3 organizational divisions to understand each business functions’ requirements and architected a solution to accommodate them while prioritizing user experience𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡: Drove or contributed to four winning proposals across multiple accounts, helping Deloitte win ~$127M over four years

Worldwide, Oo

𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫: Spearheaded one of the first cloud migration adoptions for government agencies by modernizing and migrating 3 business-critical applications leading to a 20% reduction in infrastructure footprint and 10% reduction in scaling time𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Managed a cross-functional team of application developers, database administrators, network engineers, and system architects alongside 5 external contractors to successfully execute a cloud migration project𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: Created a data-driven framework to identify and prioritize initiatives for a multi-million dollar technology roadmap of a large government mortgage association, expanding affordable housing finance to millions of homebuyers annually

Worldwide, Oo

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Launched a custom-built internal staffing portal and novel match-making algorithm for Deloitte’s Federal Consulting Practice, staffing 350 new-hire practitioners annually and increasing practitioner’s 1st project satisfaction rate by 37% and overall Deloitte satisfaction rate by 14% in two years𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: Developed an executive-level analytics dashboard and created an information sharing platform for the Office of Finance of a healthcare client to accurately track over $150B of federal government funding, minimizing mismanagement of expiring funds which netted an additional $41M utilization of unused funds𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Fostered a collaborative cross-functional culture of innovation by coordinating a team of tech analysts, software engineers, and human capital consultants to implement innovative community-driven processes and generate new ideas

Blacksburg, Va, Us

Academic tutor who supported undergraduate student-athletes in both small group and individual sessions in balancing their academic needs and athletic demands.

Coral Gables, Florida, Us

IT Systems Analyst who articulated day-to-day communications alongside software engineers and IT personnel to generate solutions to reported issues and service over 500,000 clients nationwide.

Ashburn, Va, Us

Football Operations who collaborated with coaches, players, and staff to assist in the facilitation of meetings and practices while accommodating daily teem needs.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Business Manager who gained hands-on experience with foundations of Management and Leadership and core competencies in the Hospitality Industry.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance