Built the vision and strategy for the a3z Group of Companies. Head of Product at early-stage startups in FinTech. Leading "NextEdge AI" PropTech as a founding member. Volunteer for underserved communities. #FinTech #HealthTech #PropTech #NextEdgeAI #startup #volunteer

Product Manager, Meta Financial Tech (MFT) Leading strategy for Meta Financial Technologies that supports 156 nations and $150B payment volume. We enable all money movement within the family of apps for all use cases in the Metaverse (payins, payouts) - Ads, P2P, donations, P2M, balance top up, marketplace, shops, games, recurring subscriptions, Oculus. Product Manager, Family Experiences (FX) / Metaverse Created and enabled cross-app experiences across the Family of Apps - Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Reality Labs for expression and identity.

Heading Product management, led a diverse portfolio of products and teams in a new startup division driving product development, GTM and end to end CX. Fostered product management culture, established processes, OKR’s and culture of data driven decisions. Hired, trained, coached, supervised, mentored and evaluated product managers, oversaw cross functional team spread globally. Evaluated and recommended partnerships for critical product gaps, resulting in co branding and key acquisitions. Represented product at customer interactions, key industry events, customer communities.Product Manager on InfoNgen (AI-Powered Text Analytics Platform - www.infongen.com - featured in The Forrester Wave and Gartner MQ) used by many top Fortune 500 Companies (Cisco, Wells Fargo, Alcon, etc.). Led a high performing team of 100+ engineers, content specialists, data scientists, AI / Neural network engineers, analysts, designers, QA, sales and product managers while managing multiple product streams for the InfoNgen platform: SaaS, B2C & B2B Android & iOS Mobile apps.

Headed technical product management, GTM, sales support, and engagement for cloud-native Payment Products portfolio of parent company Renovite. Infused startup client One Market with insightful strategic leadership and direction across full- cycle product development—creating a culture of continuous improvement and coordinating efforts of multidisciplinary groups.

Led Product management for Amazon’s startup advertising division with focus on platform experience (payments, budgeting, billing, ad moderation, policies. Provided key / insightful strategic leadership and direction to all product development functions, coordinating the efforts of Product, marketing, Analytics, UX, sales, finance, legal, tax, operations and engineering. Defined product vision and strategy to build data-driven, AI/ ML products that enabled expansion of business globally to $5B within 24 months.

Provides key / insightful strategic leadership and direction to all product development functions, coordinating the efforts of product, marketing, finance and engineering teams. Controlled $100M product development budget.Generated $30M in revenue by successfully addressing changes within marketplace with cutting-edge product development strategies.Delivered savings potential of $800M to financial institution clients while simultaneously saving Visa $20M / year through conceptualizing, planning, developing, and implementing a new product: “Visa Claims Resolution,” focused on improving claims resolution process through use of automation.Slashed expenses by 50% and boosted efficiencies, planning strategic technology investments on Cloud, shared ESB infrastructure and Big Data for analytics.Currently spearhead product development lifecycle of requirement gathering and design for key Merchant API integration with big Merchants like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, allowing acceleration of dispute resolution processes and delivery of enhanced customer satisfaction. Led requirements and critical stakeholder discussions for highly sensitive and confidential launches like Visa’s multi-million dollar new industry standard “Tokenization” which is the key backend solution for Apple Pay. You

Promoted to managerial position with Visa after working within the IBM / Visa partnership. Cultivated strategic partnerships and technology integrations with high-value customers and channel vendors. Managed cradle-to-grave project development lifecycles and negotiated with 3rd party vendors.Delivered average yearly revenue of $70M+ by effectively managing newly updated and enhanced e-commerce based Fraud, Risk and Dispute applications.Created the product revenue strategy for dispute applications by converting a fixed-fee structure into subscription-based package structure. This generated $15M+ of ongoing yearly profits.Cut product development costs by up to 60% through strategic R&D investments.Generated $100M+ leading front door in agile mode. Managed many high visibility / highly confidential projects like Visa’s key strategic partnerships with Chase, market sensitive partnerships with Visa Europe, Go-to-Market strategies for domestic credit card processing. Spearheaded and directed cradle-to-grave integrations with MasterCard Payment Gateway, regional networks like NYCE, PULSE, and STAR.Built, coached, and led a top-notch worldwide product development team.