Advising corporates, startups, merchants and other businesses on payments innovation and strategy. - Advisor to venture backed ecommerce consumer engagement platform- Advising traveltech Series A on marketplace payment strategy

Lead 0-1 development and launch of multi-bank digital wallet• Oversee all elements of Product Management, Product Strategy, Operations, Onboarding, Servicing and Customer Success • Supported organization growth from 2 employees to 95+• Manage complex relationships with top payments partners including 7 of the largest banks in the US, Visa, Mastercard and others• Support Merchant sales efforts and engagement• Achieved highest team employee engagement across organizationSupport organization growth from 2 employees to 95+. Manage complex relationships with top payments partners.

Lead a global innovation team for mastercard focused on the future of digital payments.

Business Owner for the MasterCard Apple Pay wallet interface and MasterCard Digital Enablement Services Open API strategy lead

•Achieved 10x YoY growth•Recognized by CEO as top priority and best practice market for all ecommerce markets•Developed new positioning and strategic direction for expansion of UnionPay online acceptance within the Americas and Europe•Partnered with various global acquiring and payment solution providers to drive new acceptance at key merchant categories including global airlines and top 100 ecommerce retailers•Successfully influenced decision makers at Chinese state-owned company to adopt recommended changes to product and marketing philosophy•Presented at leading industry conferences regarding the state of online and mobile payments in China

•Accountable for strategy and development across multiple digital platforms including big data, mobile, APIs, marketing technology and sales technology in addition to senior level consulting efforts for numerous initiatives across the business•Manage 8 direct reports who develop and maintain the marketing and CRM technology infrastructure for American Express’s U.S. small business card issuing division•Decreased development time for technology initiatives by 60% and increased quality by creating product centric mindset within direct report team•Drove strategy and investment into Big Data and Hadoop platform for customer centric reporting and advanced modeling•Developed strategy for mobile-as-a-platform product construct with critical APIs, documentation and open integration requirements as well as long-term systems design 
considerations •Oversaw of development of iOS and Android application for Small Business needs •Created wireframes and functional mockups of several additional products and mobile applications to provide insight and utility to small business owners•Designed small business focused API platform strategy to enable faster development of new digital products 
and expose valuable customer data in a secure fashion to external parties •Tapped by senior leadership to serve as a consultant for initiatives in payments and technology •Oversaw unification of multiple Salesforce.com instances and integration of marketing automation tools•Active leader in on-campus recruiting and intern development for Digital Commerce

•Responsible for oversight of API/SDK product as well as the enhancement and evolution of a webservices platform supporting over 200 million financial transactions annually•Served in a consulting role as subject matter expert in global payments for numerous enterprise strategic initiatives and discussions with major potential technology partners•Achieved 230% growth in 14 months of platform management•4 Patents Pending regarding Reviews, Offers, Social Payments and Fraud Prevention •Led the implementation of internet based authorizations with Bank of China allowing for expansion of ecommerce in 
the Chinese market•Integrated new platform and server production support tools and monitoring solutions to provide enhanced availability•Budget/Finance lead for Vice President representing 3 global teams in JAPA, EMEA and the Americas •Co-developed an innovative extension of our open platform technology to leverage previously inaccessible data that 
results in a 40% reduction in fraud (patent pending) •Solution designer on Social Sync-To-Buy Payments (patent pending), American Express Checkout

•Responsible for the end-to-end product management and development of American Express’s first publicly available API/SDK product. Launched product on time and under budget across all global markets•Delivered first full feature ‘Payment Software Development Kits’ from a major credit card network •Led creation of licensing agreement and terms and conditions associated with API technology•Created global positioning statements and training for sales and support across 3 global regions•Selected for American Express – Leadership Express Development Program •Strategic leader for Enterprise Open API Initiative (American Express and Serve)•Extensive Client and Partner facing experience including partner banks and merchants•Presentations on APIs future in payments accepted for major industry conferences including Direct Response Forum and Cartes Paris

•Developed API strategy for American Express with a focus on global payments•Presentation resulted in $20MM funding approval and the creation of 2 incremental headcount to deliver the recommended capability •Subsequent request for immediate return after internship to execute recommendations•Recommendations included both a platform and product strategy to ensure that American Express provide a strong baseline of capabilities for innovation