Bala Kumar

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Chief Product and Technology Officer @ Jumio Corporation
Portland, OR, US
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Portland, Oregon, United States, United States
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About Bala Kumar

I work for Jumio but the opinions expressed here are my own.Seasoned product executive and growth leader with proven track record of launching highly successful products and accelerating revenue growth. Extensive consulting experience that complement product expertise to deliver innovative game-changing solutions that have made a significant impact on customers.Key accomplishments:• Defined the product strategy & roadmap to double revenue in 5 years that was validated by Big-3 Strategy Consulting firm and approved by Executive Management and Board of Directors. • Executed against the roadmap delivering record double-digit revenue growth year over year. • Drove a customer-focus approach that resulted in doubling customer revenue in some instances, decreased their operating costs, reduced consumer friction and abandonments. • Conceptualized ground-breaking innovative products that are reshaping TransUnion’s Identity Decisioning solutions and has propelled the organization to the leading position in the market as an innovator often winning business from the competition.• Involved in multiple M&A due diligence initiatives and post M&A integrations. Key part of the team that completed the acquisition of Trustev subsequently taking on their Product and Technology teams based in Ireland. Led product due diligence of iovation and moved to iovation as their Chief Product Officer post-acquisition.• Built strong product, technology, data science & operations teams from ground-up to support growth trajectory.

Bala Kumar's Current Company Details
Jumio Corporation

Jumio Corporation

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Chief Product and Technology Officer
Portland, OR, US
Website:
jumio.com
Employees:
612
Bala Kumar Work Experience Details
  • Jumio Corporation
    Chief Product And Technology Officer
    Jumio Corporation
    Portland, Or, Us
  • Jumio Corporation
    Chief Product & Technology Officer
    Jumio Corporation Jun 2024 - Present
    Sunnyvale, California, Us
    Taking on the broader responsibility of Jumio's Product, Design, Engineering, ML, InfoSec, and IT organizations. • Responsible for the seamless integration of product, technology, and innovation strategies, ensuring a cohesive execution approach that aligns with our company's vision and goals. This holistic view drives synergies across all functions and fosters a culture of innovation and excellence.• Spearhead initiatives that push the boundaries of what's possible, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to create transformative and value-added solutions for our customers.• Driving the establishment of a global Product & Technology team footprint across North America, Europe, and India, strengthening our global presence and capabilities.• Defined and rolled out a new culture framework to foster a growth mindset within the Product & Technology organization. This framework emphasizes customer-centricity, ownership, resilience, collaboration, and excellence, driving us toward an art-of-the-possible approach.
  • Jumio Corporation
    Chief Product Officer
    Jumio Corporation Mar 2021 - Jun 2024
    Sunnyvale, California, Us
    * Laid out a new Product Vision and Strategy to take the organization to the next phase in our journey expanding beyond core ID/Document Verification into Orchestration and more* Led the build and roll out of Jumio's no-code orchestration platform that was successfully launched at Money2020 * Drove the strategic decisions to acquire 4stop and extend our leadership into the orchestration space* Established a service quality team ultra focussed on delivering the highest quality products to our customers
  • Transunion
    Global Vice President, Products, Fraud & Identity Solutions
    Transunion Jul 2020 - Mar 2021
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    •Strategy definition and Product roadmap: Leading the workstream to define the new product strategy for Global Fraud and ID Solutions. Identified the target needs-based segment in which TU can take the leadership position in the market. Defining our hypothesis, validating them through VOCs and establishing the Product Roadmap. •Product Development: Building out TU’s Global Product Development team to deliver on our newly defined Fraud/Identity strategy at enterprise scale. Core team member of the Technology workstream to define the future technology platform to bring together over a half a dozen siloed platforms into one seamless delivery platform for customers focused on customer delight, sales efficiencies and operational effectiveness. •Product Innovation: Recognized as “Best in Class” ID Proofing solution by Javelin Strategy & Research. Launched Document Verification as a key layer within our broader ID Proofing solution. Launched our enhanced Synthetic Fraud model to expand on our analytical capabilities.
  • Iovation
    Chief Product Officer
    Iovation Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
    Portland, Oregon, Us
    •Took over as the Chief Product Officer, after the acquisition of iovation by TransUnion. Part of the iovation Executive Management Team reporting to the CEO. •Was responsible for defining the product strategy and roadmap. •Led the entire organization (including Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Product Marketing and Customer Success) through agile transformation including training, staffing, breaking down silos, process refinement and restructuring teams. Established feature and component teams to focus on value delivery in sprints with a quarterly planning cadence.•Established key performance metrics to track progress weekly. The Product and Engineering organization started to deliver on its commitments on a consistent basis. •Rolled out and managed a new prioritization framework that helped identify the most important value-based initiatives for the teams to focus on. •Product Innovation: Extended iovation’s device risk capabilities with email and phone risk solutions. Enhanced our generic ML-based device score and rolled out multiple industry-specific models. Migrated our reporting capabilities from a legacy system to a new-age reporting system putting more actionable information in the hands of our customer success teams. Fully integrated iovation’s device risk solutions into TU’s broader ID Proofing platform across the globe.
  • Transunion
    Head Of Product, (Vp Products) Idvision - Risk & Identity Solutions
    Transunion Jan 2016 - Oct 2018
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    •Responsible for defining the product strategy and roadmap for TU’s US ID and risk products. •Head of Trustev’s Product, Technology and Operations teams post acquisition. With this integration, I was accountable for the product strategy, product development, architecture and deployment of our solutions, including production support. •Product Innovation: Led the extension of Trustev’s platform to become TU’s first full ID risk orchestration and decisioning platform in the cloud. We built an industry-leading identifier to establish an identify graph linking an individual’s profile to their emails, phones, devices, addresses, transactions, etc to quickly and accurately distinguish a good consumer’s profile from that of a fraudster. •Recognized by Javelin as the 2017 “Innovation Leader” for ID Proofing.•M&A: Led the product due-diligence and acquisition of iovation to augment TU’s Fraud ID solutions globally. Product lead in the integration team post acquisition.
  • Transunion
    Sr. Director, Product Management (Risk & Identity Solutions)
    Transunion Sep 2013 - Dec 2015
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    •Integrated a variety of TU’s ID risk products into a single decisioning solution enabling customers to code to a single integration layer with normalized risk signals, configuration, calibration and reporting.•Worked with multiple vendors to incorporate their risk signals into IDVision to offer a comprehensive single-contract single-price solution to TU customers. •M&A: Led the product due-diligence and acquisition of Trustev to augment TU’s Fraud ID solutions. Product lead in the integration team post acquisition.
  • Transunion
    Director, Product Management (Risk & Identity Solutions)
    Transunion Feb 2012 - Sep 2013
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    •Established strong integration of disparate verification and authentication solutions.•Built KPIs to track performance of the products•Developed a roadmap to significantly improve fraud capture while reducing friction for good consumers.
  • Transunion (Qsent Acquired By Tu In 2006)
    Senior Product Manager
    Transunion (Qsent Acquired By Tu In 2006) Nov 2003 - Feb 2012
    •Identity Solutions: Led the implementation of TU’s first device verification service integrating it fully into our core identity verification solution. Established step-up authentication flows for the US platform. •Wireless Directory Assistance (driving strategy with major US wireless carriers): -- Was the product lead working across major US wireless carriers to establish the Wireless Directory Assistance (WDA) service.-- Authored the industry-standard format for data exchange between the wireless carriers and the WDA service-- Authored the industry standard format for data exchange between the WDA service and the Operating Services companies and the underlying data platforms. •Marketing Services: Product Lead for TU’s Contact Manager, Mover, Linked Mover, SiteLicense and Contact Verification Products. •Data Strategy: Defined the strategy and roadmap for ingesting multiple data sources across the organization in a standardized, normalized and consistent format for consumption in point solutions.
  • Jaypar, Inc.
    Principal Consultant
    Jaypar, Inc. Jun 2000 - Nov 2003
    Us
    •Worked with startup founders to build their business plans and phased roadmap for investment funding•Led product and technology teams in the execution of the phased roadmaps post funding•Consultant for Cadence’s Order Management System and ABN AMRO Sage’s Options Trading System
  • Oracle Corporation
    Member, Technical Staff
    Oracle Corporation Jan 1999 - Jun 2000
    Austin, Texas, Us
    •Developer on Oracle Energy Application suite working with clients in UK, France and US•Built Oracle Energy Downstream modules in Oracle Designer, Oracle Developer, PL/SQL

Bala Kumar Skills

Product Management Business Analysis Integration Management Risk Management Product Development Business Process Analytics Vendor Management Saas Sdlc Software Project Management Program Management Business Intelligence Crm Consulting Strategy Agile Methodologies Requirements Analysis Process Improvement Enterprise Software E Commerce Enterprise Architecture Strategic Planning It Strategy Agile Project Management Requirements Gathering Strategic Partnerships Leadership

Bala Kumar Education Details

  • National Institute Of Technology Karnataka
    National Institute Of Technology Karnataka
    Computer Applications
  • Harvard University
    Harvard University
    Harvard Leadership Direct

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