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California, United States

Washington, DC, US

Leading the product, engineering and technology teams at Caribou - helping customers refinance over $0.5 billion dollars in auto loans via our digital marketplace, lowering their car payments by an average of $130 per month.

Berkeley, California, US

Strategic advisor to Ambi, helping them transform movement and sortation of products in warehouses via AI-powered robotic solutions.

Modesto, CA, US

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Led the product, engineering and technology teams in building a digital platform, and in-house fulfillment network, to give contractors access to same-day procurement and delivery of construction materials. RenoRun closed operations in Q1-2023.

San Carlos, California, US

• Led a multi-year product and technology strategy that enabled Oportun to scale its business model from a regional, mono-line brick-and-mortar lender to a national, digital multi-product lending company with $1B+ in.
• Successfully re-platformed the company to an AI-powered, mobile-first platform that enabled the company to instantly decision 100K+ credit applications per month and profitably lend to consumers with little or no.
• Grew the founding technology team from 10 to 450+ employees, with responsibility for all Product & Technology functions, inclusive of Product Management, User Experience, Engineering, Infrastructure, Cyber Security and.
• Led the companies transition from a private to public traded company, ensuring all technology governance and controls met audit and compliance requirements pre / post IPO.

• Led the formation of the Product & Engineering teams to build the next generation APIs that would power 30+ global digital properties at Walmart.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Established the product vision to cross $1+ Billion in eCom revenues and scales all Product Development functions to execute it.
• Shipped 25+ initiatives in six months.
• Created a high-performance culture that rewarded the behaviors of a start-up and innovation.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Head of Product Management for Walmart Global eCommerce with responsibility for driving the product strategy across Walmart.com (US) and ASDA.com (UK) that generated over $4Billion in revenues and enabled general.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Successfully transitioned to the lead the Front-End Product Management team with accountability for the delivery of twelve product roadmaps across Site, Search, Marketing, Merchandising and Multi-Channel Integration.
• Led the delivery of the Walmart.com Marketplace business in 10 months with three Beta partners pre-Holiday.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Led the creation of an enterprise SaaS offering that enabled the expansion of install base and implementation of flagship partner, Costco.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Defined the product vision for the operational businesses units and managed a team of program managers that consolidated previously disparate business systems/functions into a single, web-based technology solution that.
• Led the standardization of the on-boarding process for Direct Ship Vendors (DSV) at Walmart.com, enabling expansion of the DSV program to 80+ partners.
• Led the design / development of the Inventory Allocation Tool, enabling the Network Strategy team to optimize the allocation of owned inventory across the Walmart.com distribution network based on geographic demand and.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Defined the requirements, designed and managed the development of an Internet based Supply Chain Management Tool (SCMT), that enabled the Supply Chain team to manage the procurement and tracking of owned inventory.
• Led the requirements definition, vendor selection and implementation of an Enterprise Planning & Forecasting suite (Manugistics), delivering a product to the business in less that five months from start to finish.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Documented operational business requirements and designed highly integrated, repeatable purchase order, transportation, customs house brokerage and warehousing Internet based supply chain visibility solutions within.
• Reengineered the business processes and technology employed at the nodes of an international freight movement to link and provide visibility of disparate transactions, enabling the UPS Trade Direct ™ strategic product.
• Developed and executed surveys, focus groups and usability studies to manage and prioritize the development of non-customer specific product enhancements for Flex Global View.