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Canada

Business Development (BD), Mastercard AdvisorsResponsibilities:• Building and maintaining relationships with financial institutions (FI) across Canada.• Developing new consulting projects across strategy & transformation, data analytics, loyalty, marketing services and platform-based solutions, and leading sales end-to-end from initial prospecting through signed contract.Achievements:• Appointed as Business Lead on 4 key FI accounts and grew YoY revenue and pipeline by over 100% in 2024.• Exceeded sales targets YoY by achieving 157% on total contract value (TCV) and 109% on in-year revenue (IYR) in 2022, and 133% on TCV and 175% on IYR in 2023.

North America, Europe, Asia

Associate Managing Consultant & Project Manager, Mastercard Advisors (2021-2022)Consultant, Mastercard Advisors (2019-2021) Responsibilities: • Managed consulting projects for issuing banks, acquirers and fintech companies in North America, Europe and Asia.• Led client relationships and engagement teams of 2-to-5 consultants delivering projects on topics consisting of strategy, payment performance (authorization, fraud, chargeback), market scan, benchmarking, market entry, value proposition, product development, digital channels, lifecycle management (acquisition, onboarding, early month on book, top of wallet, retention), market research, platform launch support, and process improvement.Select engagements:• Conducted strategy, risk & operations assessment for a leading issuing bank in Canada. Prepared a roadmap with 20+ recommendations to optimize product strategy, operating model and payment channels for their debit card.• Managed process optimization for a leading program and platform manager in USA and improved go-to-market (GTM) timeline of new payment services and card products by 50%.• Prepared 5 GTM strategy assessment reports for a leading financial services & digital payments company in USA.• Supported Mastercard Intelligence Center (MIC) analytics software platform rollout in UK & Ireland, managed onboarding of 20+ issuers, and prepared reports on Covid-19 impact on cashless trends for 5 leading issuers.• Supported digital transformation of a mid-size bank in Belarus by leading the benchmark analysis including 30+ user experience (UX) features. Identified 18 merchants to increase customer loyalty by analyzing domestic spend data.• Supported value proposition (CVP) design and product enhancement process of entrepreneur and travel segment cards for a mid-size bank in Ukraine by leading the global benchmark analysis including 40+ cards and features.

Emea

Responsibilities: • Supported delivery of consulting projects for financial institutions and telecommunication industries in EMEA on topics consisting of business plan, organizational design, process improvement, and operating model.Select engagements:• Designed the organization structure (50+ employees) and process mapping for the Corporate Sales Unit of a leading pensions and life insurance company, resulted in an increase in pension funds net assets by 25% year-over-year.• Supported the business transformation of a leading telecommunications company, designed the organization structure (15+ employees) and updated product portfolio by analyzing 40+ global digital payment products.

Emea

Responsibilities: • Qualitative and quantitative market research design and execution for the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 3.6/4.0

• President of MBA Club • Founder & President of International Case Competitions Team; competed in Hult Prize regional finals • Merit.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 3.8/4.0

MBA Exchange Program

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Engineering