I build teams and organizations for Impact. I Scale @ Speed. I’m steeped in FinTech, Payments and Banking. I love solving wicked challenges, and disrupting the status quo to deliver breakthrough results. I've been around and seen a good bit, and I continue to learn. I’ve lived in enterprise scale, scrapped in seed stage, and scaled in hyper growth beyond Unicorn. I’ve been in a range of industries in companies of varying sizes, and tackled all manner of challenges.I’m intently attuned to the customer, anticipating needs and exceeding expectations. I’m devoutly focused on the team. I'm a culture builder; recruiting, leading, and empowering teams with deliberate care. I’m engaged from the shop floor to the board room.I communicate vision and translate into disciplined execution. I appreciate the operational complexities and varied requirements for execution. I’m grounded, humble, with a sense of humor.Notable achievements include:• Led rapid scaling of Snap! Finance from early-stage to >1,000 people in 6 countries, achieving 10-figure revenue, 9-figure EBITDA, and 100X growth in equity value. Completed minority sale to top PE firm.• Developed and launched 3 new products, providing multiple growth avenues and >$300M+ incremental annual originations while better meeting customer needs.• Managed launch & distribution of Target-branded Visa and Amex Gift Cards and re-loadable pre-paid cards through 1,700 Target stores, with annual issuance to exceed $1 Billion.• Achieved strong earnings growth and bank profitability (ROE >50%) and regular dividends by shifting strategy from commercial to consumer product portfolio and retail distribution.• Governed sale of Altabank (NASDAQ: ALTA) to Glacier Bank (NASDAQ: GBCI) for ~$930M (2.9x TBV), including chairing special committee to work with activist shareholder group.• Managed merger integration of multi-site operations for two simultaneous acquisitions by Fortune 500 healthcare provider; designed new operating model achieving annual savings of >$150M.• Had fun building and leading amazing teams, developing innovative products, and delighting millions of customers.Let’s build it! With a great team, we can make great, and big, things happen!Expertise includes:• Scaling at speed • Entrepreneurial mindset • Building high performing teams • Customer focus• Strategy and planning • Revenue obsessed • Analytics & data-driven insights • Driving execution & results• Communication & influence • Gov’t relations & lobbying • Trade association leadership • Board governance
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