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New York, Ny, Us

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Leading and scaling operations for new fintech businesses at Propel. Propel is a socially minded fintech that serves 5 million customers in managing their daily financial challenges.

San Francisco, California, Us

Built and led Operations and Risk functions from pre-launch through 100,000 customers

Oakland, California, Us

Mosaic is the largest lender for residential solar in the U.S It has been covered in Forbes, The New York Times, and honored by Fast Company as a Top Ten Most Innovative Company in Energy for two consecutive years. At a period of rapid growth, recruited by COO to lead Loan Operations. Hired talent, promoted top performers, nurtured high-morale, and restructured the organization into Originations and Servicing departments. Designed the technology workflows and processes for new functions including Underwriting, QA, Loan Administration, and Compliance. Under my leadership, Ops Team originated $1.5B in loans and achieved favorability scores of 100% on the employee survey relating to confidence in management.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Prosper was founded in 2005 as the first peer-to-peer lending marketplace in the United States. Prosper has facilitated more than $14 billion in loans to more than 800,000 people.As the Head of Operations Innovation, led high-impact process and technology improvements for Prosper’s Ops organization as well as supported the COO with strategic planning on various business issues including org design, capacity planning, site strategy, and company budget.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Recruited into BAC’s selective Leadership Development Program. Completed rotations in numerous businesses, including Deposits, Credit Card, HELOC and Mortgage. Managed multi-million dollar cross-functional process improvement initiatives, particularly in mortgage lending. Moved into Risk Strategy where I used statistical analysis to analyze BAC’s $100B HELOC portfolio for loan performance issues as well as underwriting improvements. Twice received the “Home Loans Leadership Award” in recognition of project leadership and impact – the award only bestowed to a few people each year out of 6,000 staff.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Selected for a management training program that developed skills in six sigma project leadership and financial modeling as well as exposure to multiple lines of business including credit card, branch management, and real estate lending.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Initiated community development projects through cultural immersion and relationship building. Established and built a town library, renovated two schools, installed a new water-line for college, and started an English-language newspaper.

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