Blayne Scofield Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va

Skilled in facilitating collaborative problem identification, solution prototyping, and product idea validation, I excel in aligning product development with user needs throughout the development life cycle. My approach is deeply rooted in user-centric design and strategic stakeholder engagement, ensuring a seamless balance between technical solutions and end-user satisfaction.Currently, I lead the dockets collection team. My track record includes increasing core user base by 20% , expanding data collection into more than 200 new jurisdictions, and reducing collection errors by 75%.In 2021, I led the dockets and search teams. The dockets team cut segment costs by nearly 50% and modernized its UI infrastructure. The search team embraced an experimental approach to development, executing 3 experiments, including one that reduced 0 SERP results by 40%. In 2020, the search teams:* implemented and released a user satisfaction measurement framework,* delivered infrastructure enhancements that have materially improved user satisfaction, and* implemented an experimentation framework to test and validate UI enhancements.The dockets teams:* expanded the content of our product to include Idaho, Rhode Island, and Florida Appellate Courts,* implemented an effective cost control strategy,* improved invoicing, * began automate cost reporting for users, and* implemented usability enhancements to reduce user friction.

Arlington, Va

I partnered with strategy stakeholders to translate the business vision into actionable tasks. I led scrums, refinement, and planning, and presented at sprint reviews. I demo'd features for users and sales. With PMO, I built relationships and trust with stakeholders by communicating progress towards deliverables.Day-to-day tasks include:* Defining the vision for features and metrics of success* Creating and maintaining product roadmaps* Preparing and executing quarterly release plans* Writing users stories and user acceptance criteria* Conducting user acceptance testing* Participating in usability testing* Reviewing UX designs* Analyzing usage data in Adobe OmnitureKey Results* Led an end-to-end rebuild of the platform's UI to improve site navigation and usability* Improved search usability by building and marketing autocomplete features* Reduced time-to-market for subscription-based products* Reduced the time-to-market for 50-state survey products

Greater New York City Area

Lead editorial expert for banking and consumer financial regulation. Led Dodd-Frank content development team. Developed instructional materials for legal and compliance professionals. Coordinated editorial product development with other practice areas and editorial leadership. Reviewed marketing materials and liaised with sales team. Co-edited monthly legal publication and successfully implemented strategy to strengthen contributed content pipeline.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Represented clients in a financial regulatory practice focusing on banking institutions and consumer finance. Drafted regulatory applications and relevant agreement provisions for acquisitions of banks and mortgage companies. Conducted buy side due diligence on target companies. Responded to federal and state enforcement actions. Drafted transaction documents.Representative matters include: * representing a U.S. bank in a prepaid card program with a large U.S. retailer and a card program service provider; * drafting network rules for a start-up P2P mobile payments provider; * successfully challenging a $7 million restitution order issued by a federal regulator against a large U.S. bank; * representing the U.S. subsidiary of an Australian bank in transaction to acquire 10 U.S. bank branches and $470 million in deposits.

Greater New York City Area

Represented clients in a corporate transactional practice focusing on bank finance and securities offerings. Prepared initial drafts of credit, purchase, acquisition and ancillary documentation for leveraged finance, mezzanine, and high yield transactions. Conducted due diligence for high yield and bank lenders. Supervised paralegals and junior associates.Representative transactions include: * representation of a large U.S. bank in connection with $8.6 billion credit facility to finance acquisition of a pipeline company,* representation of large Swiss bank in connection with $2.7 billion credit facility and $705.7 million bridge facility to finance the acquisition of a retirement property REIT, * representation of a large German bank in connection with $313.7 million and €150.0 million bridge facility to finance the acquisition of an aluminum products manufacturer, and * representation of a mezzanine debt fund in several middle-market acquisition finance transactions.

Greater Seattle Area

Wichita, Kansas Area

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Cum Laude, Law

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Economics