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New York, Ny, Us

New Haven, Connecticut, Us

CoreChain helps businesses to pay other businesses more quickly and efficiently compared to methods like paper checks, while unlocking working capital from unpaid invoices. We are the first network using Blockchain technology to power payments and financing for marketplaces and software platforms on the edges of the $40T B2B Payments market in North America.

Dallas, Texas, Us

vPromos combines the power of payments, terminal card-linked loyalty and promotions, and text messaging to help companies easily enroll, engage, know and reward customers, driving repeat visits and new sales. Our patented cloud-based suite of vLoyalty solutions for small businesses to very large franchise enterprises enables quick, easy and convenient loyalty program enrollment at the point-of-purchase, real-time access to historical purchasing data to optimize point-of-sale targeted offers and compliant SMS text messaging engagement to communicate with customers, all with seamless payments integration. vPromos powers loyalty and customer engagement with simplicity and expertise, keeping millions of consumers coming back over and over again.

Nashville, Tn, Us

Recruited to lead product and business development for Warburg Pincus private equity-backed B2B payments processor preparing for exit. Oversee innovation across transportation fleet and corporate payments business units. • Designed and built EFS TrendSource SaaS products providing Big Data analytics for SMB fleet carriers and merchants to visualize trends and benchmark key performance indicators while optimizing fuel pricing and spend.• Launched SecureFuel product enabling fleet carriers to identify and eliminate fuel theft losses via real-time alerts.

Oakland, California, Us

Recruited to lead offers product and business development for private equity and venture-funded SaaS-based cloud commerce platform syndicating offerings from 100K+ SMB and national merchants via white-label partners. • Launched payment card-linked offer programs with American Express Serve, Microsoft Bing, Foursquare and HomeRun in partnership with First Data and CardSpring/Twitter. Distributed SMB online and mobile promotions to 70MM+ US consumer audience with frictionless offer redemption via automatic statement rebates. • Co-founded CardLinx Association to establish industry interoperability standards for payment card-linked offers.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Recruited to transform innovation for global MasterCard Small Business franchise. Led cross-functional teams across technology, operations, marketing, sales, account management, analytics, legal and finance organizations to establish portfolio of initiatives and bring competitive products to market.• Built and led patent-pending MasterCard Easy Savings payment card-linked offer loyalty program providing merchant-funded savings offers to SMB cardholders via statement rebates. Led deployment to 38 banks in the US to compete with American Express OPEN, and subsequent expansion to the UK and Canada markets. Negotiated strategic alliances with initial 12 merchant coalition partners to fund SMB savings offers. Oversaw integrated SMB acquisition and retention marketing campaigns.• Designed MasterCard In Control for Business product providing SaaS-based card spending controls, activity alerts, virtual card numbers, and real-time spend reporting for SMB cardholders globally.• Launched first-to-market MasterCard BusinessCard for Construction charge card product with WEX to pilot capturing US SMB cash and check spend with a vertical industry value proposition and marketing strategy.• Created patent-pending MasterCard PriceAssure airfare price assurance loyalty program with venture-funded firm Yapta to enable US MasterCard cardholders to automatically receive airline credits for post-purchase airfare price declines.

Foster City, California, Us

Led product development and innovation for Visa Business US SMB franchise.• Launched Visa Signature Business SMB product to compete with industry leader American Express OPEN. • Developed B2B payment mix analysis assessing payments and accounts receivable processing costs for suppliers and piloted alternative interchange pricing to expand Visa volume in the $17.4T B2B payments market.• Designed and launched patent-pending feature enhancements to Visa Information Source Select SaaS-based cardholder spend reporting product to reduce adoption barriers in the $419B SMB recurring bill payments space. • Invented patented approach to capturing B2B payments in vertical markets with oligopolistic structures.

Co-founded SaaS-based provider developing automated teller machine (ATM) and remote deposit capture banking solutions for regional and community banks and credit unions. • Developed product strategy and roadmaps to capitalize on consumer self-service delivery trends by extending legacy switch-based ATM transaction processing with remote banking capabilities enabled by SaaS technology.

New York, Ny, Us

Selected upon integration of NetAbacus to lead product development initiatives for venture-funded provider of SMB SaaS applications in conjunction with partners Bank of America, FIS, and Accenture.

Founded pioneering provider delivering web-based software applications to SMBs via a SaaS model, in competition with NetSuite. • Identified opportunities to enter the SMB segment via SaaS-based applications designed to integrate with Intuit’s QuickBooks software applications. Launched pioneering WebPO accounting product in November 1999.• Negotiated alliance with Ariba to integrate the Ariba Supplier Network of B2B e-commerce and procurement partners.• Negotiated and executed sale of company to venture-funded firm Rivio in August 2000.

Miami, Florida, Us

Built strategic marketing consulting practice for pioneering digital agency. Advised clients including Hewlett-Packard on digital marketing strategy and designed and executed online marketing campaigns.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Founded strategic marketing consulting practice serving early-stage technology industry clients.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Managed Betty Crocker dessert mix brand portfolio for leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketer. Designed consumer promotions plans, developed and launched new products, and oversaw creative development for product packaging, print advertising, and sales collateral.

Arlington, Va, Us

Mba, Business

Bs, Electrical Engineering - Computer Architecture Specialization

Ba, Political Science

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