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Product leader to Y Combinator entrepreneurs, developing customer-centric FinTech and SaaS products, competitive analysis, strategic vision, business plans, and solutions:- Created Digital Wallet+, a consumer mobile banking application and Visa card offering for AT&T and Verizon to offer financial inclusion to >15M under-banked customers.- Developed AML, KYC and PCI-1 compliant banking features including debit card management, account aggregation, personal finance management, money movement, and FinTech partner API integrations.- Championed cross-functional collaboration of the executive team, sales, design and engineering to build an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in Year 1, resulting in acquisition of 2 early adopter customers.- Created a V1 generative AI, 3D content creation platform for a $3B addressable market allowing brands to engage customers through immersive, interactive digital channels.- Led product operations, portfolio planning, roadmap development, agile delivery and transformation initiatives.- Built a successful local non-profit transportation network business and product offering achieving 3M users, >50% market share, and 2M rides in year 1.- Planned, designed and developed rider, driver and operations experiences implementing modern workflows for driver and rider management, trip management payments and reporting.

Dallas, Texas, Us

- Created predictive, machine learning based, digital fleet intelligence products, onboarding the largest leasing company in the world and >100,000 vehicles in Year 1.- Championed a global product portfolio strategy, market research, and agile product development and delivery resulting in new products driving $1M ARR and a 15% improvement in customer NPS.- Developed industry-leading Machine Learning models, ML pipelines, features and intelligence user experiences employing data-driven research and user centered design methods.

Austin, Tx, Us

- Created Q2’s flagship, cloud-based, commercial & retail banking suite and API platform used by >3M daily users and driving >30% YOY revenue growth.- Drove agile transformation, developed product operations, tracked metrics, and scaled the platform accelerating product delivery and doubling Q2’s customer base to >600 institutions.- Engaged high profile regional financial institutions with >$50B in holdings advising CxO executives and delivery to develop custom digital banking solutions and integration strategies.- Hired, developed, and led a high-performing team of 28 engineering managers & individual contributors.

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Oversaw Microsoft's global e-commerce and order management platform by managing partner integrations with merchant banks and payment gateways and driving $1B+ of annual revenue.- Increased platform CSAT KPI by 15% by employing rigorous voice of customer management, feature prioritization, and planning and delivery processes.Collaborated with internal teams to manage fraud, servicing, risk & controls & track partner agreements.- Reduced order management platform TCO by 20% through payment gateway expansion and convergence of e-commerce capabilities.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Education record

Education record

Education record

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Communications