Geoffrey Ricks Email & Phone Number

Geoffrey Ricks is a Managing Director @ The Debt Exchange at The Debt Exchange. He possess expertise in business development, portfolio management, product management, analysis, banking and 19 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "My firm, Guardian Capital engaged Geoffrey to utilize his private labeled loan trading platform. The experience has been nothing short of excellent and I highly recommend working with Geoffrey and his team. Never have I seen an individual, or group, act with such promptness and expertise. It's immediately apparent that Geoffrey takes a great deal of pride in his product and the professional relationships that he is a part of." and "Geoff is one of the most intelligent hard working people I've ever met in any work or in personal life. His problem-solving abilities and work ethic are second to none. If you want a thorough and correct solution to a problem/challenge...he would be the first person I would ask."

Listed skills include Business Development, Portfolio Management, Product Management, Analysis, and 20 others.

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  Managing Director Of Technology Solutions

  The Debt Exchange

  Oct 2007 - Present - Boston, Ma

  MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (September 2011 – Present)• Responsible for product lines with yearly revenue in excess of $2.5 million• Transitioned an internal loan sales platform into a successful enterprise class SaaS solution used by top banks and financial institutions, generating over $600k in its first year• Directed a multiyear R&D initiative with current and prospective clients to re-envision a cross browser cross device syndication platform utilizing advanced web technologies, incorporating tight Outlook integration, deep market-specific functionalities and data mining capabilitiesMANAGING DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (January 2011 – September 2011)• Guided and motivated a team of 3 Product Managers, 10 Software Engineers, and 5 QA professionals to maintain and grow 4 diverse products• Established 12 month product roadmaps with business owners and senior management• Standardized and implemented weekly reporting of development progress; increasing transparency and allowing for real time project managementDIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (January 2010 – January 2011)• Reigned in and stabilized an overdue, over-budget, loan portfolio pricing solution developed by a hybrid in-house/outsourced team• Streamlined and institutionalized Software Development Life Cycle best practices throughout the organizationSENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER (January 2009 – January 2010)• Successfully led a 10-person team tasked with overhauling a web based loan syndication platform in 6 months resulting in $1+ million of additional annual revenue• Spearheaded 7 on-time on-budget client implementations over 2 yearsPRODUCT MANAGER (October 2007 – January 2009)• Interfaced with business sponsors to define, validate and document business requirements• Managed offshore QA teams: trained on domain knowledge, reviewed and validated functional test plans• Provided internal and external sales, post-sales and customer support