Jeff Schaeffer Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Seam is the process analytics and optimization platform built specifically for healthcare that identifies and sews up the holes of wasted time, cost, and opportunity deliver higher quality and more efficient care to patients. As the founder of Seam, I'm building the team and technology that will empower operational leaders in healthcare to take a far more data-driven approach to diagnosing and correcting sources of inefficiency.

Chicago, Il, Us

Lens is a self-service oncology data analytics platform that enables Life Sciences companies to identify and analyze cohorts of interest to uncover critical research and development insights quickly.As the product leader for Lens, my responsibility was both to develop the strategy and vision for Lens as an end-user product and to dig deep to improve the value, quality, and utility of the underlying data. As part of this, I worked very closely with researchers, data scientists, and engineering teams to augment and improve the utility of the underlying data. In parallel, I led the go-to-market strategy and execution of our initial launch of the product to customers in life sciences and academic medical centers.

Chicago, Il, Us

As the first product leader hired at Tempus, I researched, designed, built, and launched many 0-to-1 products and platforms used by a wide variety of highly skilled users who demanded precision, accuracy, and efficiency in using clinical + molecular data to diagnose, treat, and research cancer. In addition, helped hire and grow the product and design organization from 2 to over 40 incredible teammates.The products I spent the most time on include an NGS Clinical Report + Web Portal for oncologists, an RNA/DNA variant annotation platform for clinical variant scientists, an NGS Lab Information Management System (LIMS), and a variety of data- and model-driven features applying Tempus' unbelievable database of clinical + molecular data.

Chicago, Il, Us

Product director for deal ranking algorithms and relevance across all of our platforms (email, web, mobile), for all channels/business (Local, Groupon Goods, Live, Groupon Getaways) in North America. I also owned the relationship with our business line and executive leadership. I was the product and analytics lead for the development and launch of an entirely new relevance platform, and have spent the past year extending its reach to new platforms and applications, and developing new ranking features to better match the right deals to the right users. Our primary focus has been advanced personalization for the local and Groupon Goods businesses. My team of product managers is obsessed with using data and hardcore analytics to prioritize features, make launch decisions, and further tune our ranking algorithms. I still love to get knee-deep myself in SQL and Hive to find the data, and use tools like Tableau time make sense of the data and tell the story to the engineers building the features and Groupon executive leadership alike. Skills learned: Java, Splunk, roadmap development, feature pitch development, feature design, team mentoring/development

Chicago, Il, Us

As product manager for our deal ranking and relevance algorithms in email, web, and mobile I led feature prioritization, A/B testing and feature measurement/analysis, and owned relationships with sales general managers and executive management. Spent the majority of this time conducting complex analysis on the relationship between the algorithms ranking decisions and the supply of deals available to rank. I led discussions multiple times a week with Groupon leadership, and worked with them to develop requirements and the roadmap for a new relevance platform. Skills learned: A/B testing, experiment structure, Hive, requirements development

Chicago, Il, Us

I developed and staffed a 5-person analytics team focused on the North American local deals business, maniacally tracking revenue trends, deal performance, sales rep productivity, and other core metrics to identify and implement revenue-driving actions. Developed full suite of Tableau dashboards to monitor and report on business trends. Presented detailed overview of business to Groupon leadership in weekly business review. Skills learned: SQL, Tableau development, executive interaction, team staffing/recruiting

Chicago, Il, Us

I led many revenue focused projects at Groupon, spanning sales operation and strategy for the local/daily deals business, due diligence for acquisitions, revenue forecasting and monitoring, and salesforce growth strategy. Skills learned: due diligence/modeling, salesforce allocation, forecasting, compensation structure

Worldwide, Oo

As a Post-MBA Consultant, I led high-impact work streams on engagements with global financial services companies, providing data-driven recommendations to client executive leadership. • Designed and facilitated client executive and board member workshops and interviews to assess and build alignment for entrance into new product segment • Developed interactive cost/benefit model for a financial institution's $60 million technology investment, simulating the impact of time, growth, and other factors on the decision to invest • Identified underwriting business process improvements for a leading international property and casualty insurer, collectively yielding a potential $10 million cost savingsKey

London, Gb

I spent three years executing and leading financial and internal controls audits for large global public companies, primarily in the insurance, banking, and financial services industries:• Coordinated a team of 15 external/internal auditors in an international IT controls audit; reallocated global resources, accelerated timing, and reduced travel to increase profitability by 15% • Created and conducted training program for new global audit tool utilized by hundreds of professionals, reducing inefficiency on client audit engagements and improving profitability • Coordinated internal controls testing work streams for global clients in manufacturing and financial services industries; presented weaknesses and recommendations to CIOs Key

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Analytical Consulting, Management & Strategy

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Accountancy