Lori Edwards Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

● Lead 0-1 product management for the new patented Direct Admission product line for school partners● Develop, manage and execute product strategy and roadmaps for scaling the double-sided marketplace and providing seamless partner experiences● Manage and grow product management organization, including establishing roles, career paths, product development processes, and organizational structure● Established and led OKR planning process for product development department● Reduce cost of goods sold through streamlined fulfillment solutions and operational tooling

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Portland, Or, Us

● Established 2 new revenue streams by identifying, researching and executing on new market opportunities for upskilling the workforce. ● Researched, defined, planed, executed and launched 2 new products and 18-20 new features annually while managing the full product lifecycle● Increased product adoption by 300% YoY and school save rate by 200% through replatforming and launching The College Fair, a school lead generation SaaS product.● Eliminated a $2 million Salesforce dependency and increased new licensed customers by defining, managing and executing on the development of student engagement CRM platform.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

● Designed, created, and managed 0-1 award winning payments API that enables customers to offer prepaid products in their marketplaces and products ● Owned customer-facing, web-based applications and REST API products through complete product life-cycle● Administered automated accounting processes through self-service business intelligence tools and API integrations● Created, developed and managed product roadmap and backlogs for agile scrum product development team

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Financial Analysis• Creating, monitoring, and reporting brand trends• Managing and preparing company budgets• Contract negotiations-financial modeling• Forecasting, monitoring, and analyzing sales data Accounting Liaison for System Enhancements, Migrations and Reporting• Manage the Development Queue for accounting system improvements• Serve as subject matter expert and main point of contact for the Development and Product Team related to accounting projects and integrations• Project manager for corporate integrations with Oracle, Data warehouse, and Reporting systems.• Serve as main point of contact for the creation and distribution of sales reporting Leadership of Inventory Forecasting Strategy and Toolsets• Define inventory forecasting procedures • Monitor compliance with the implementation forecasting procedures• Manage and improve inventory forecasting toolsetsBusiness Analysis• Analyze business models and existing contracts with Account Mangers to identify opportunities• Work with the sales team to maximize pricing models for new business and new products• Manage Sales Reports and related toolsets• Agile work environment• Pivotal software experience •Designing new databases for reporting, inventory, and fraud monitoring.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Accounting And Finance