In my role as a Product Lead for the Commercial Bank, I drive the strategic vision for innovative payment solutions like Global Real-Time Payments (RTP, FedNow) and alternative methods (push-to-card, push-to-wallet, Zelle), focusing on market positioning and conceptualization.Key Contributions:- Strategic Go-to-Market Planning: Orchestrated go-to-market strategies, focusing on market research, segment identification, and effective positioning of our payment technologies.- Commercialization Strategy: Guided the strategy for bringing new payment solutions to market, aligning technical capabilities with market demands and internal stakeholder expectations.- Leadership in Payment Innovation: Directed the strategic planning for alternative payment methods, reinforcing our bank's position as an innovator in commercial banking.- Emerging Payment Systems Strategy: Played a key role in strategic discussions for future payment systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate emerging technologies.- Stakeholder Engagement and Thought Leadership: Ensured product strategy alignment with business objectives, promoting a culture of innovation and strategic foresight within the team.Outcomes:- Strategically positioned new payment products for future market success.- Influenced the commercialization and market approach of innovative payment solutions.- Recognized for strategic leadership, enhancing the bank's stature as a thought leader in financial technology.- Managed a team of analysts, overseeing their work and ensuring the development of top-tier solutions. Responsible for recruiting and extending offers to potential talent to enhance team capabilities and drive success.

Lead & manage a portfolio within the Innovation Economy and Disruptive Commerce (TP3s and Marketplaces). • Actively provide critical product recommendations to company finance team to directly mitigate fraud & streamline payment processes while concurrently driving global expansion plans• Regularly advise venture-capitalist-backed technology companies by providing essential consult on organizational proprietary SaaS products (JPM Access and Chase Connect)

Lead & manage complete portfolio of 1,000+ clients within the Energy Resource Innovation, Life Sciences, Consumer Internet, Fintech & Technology industries• Regularly advise venture-capitalist-backed technology companies by providing essential consult on organizational proprietary SaaS products (SVB online)• Actively provide critical product recommendations to company finance team to directly mitigate fraud & streamline payment processes while concurrently driving global expansion plans• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional colleagues & strategic partners to analyze current sales processes & uncover improvement opportunities while also actively streamlining processes• Manage complex project management initiatives through deep collaboration efforts & by overseeing product implementations• Successfully exceeded sales goals by 50% within the first 12 months through effective sales strategy development• Assisted in the creation & implementation of company best practices within the high-profile sales process• Drove expansion of corporate network & established new long-term relationships within the Silicon Valley tech community

Successfully served as liaison between high-profile clients & bank operations groups such as sales, vendors & relationship managers while swiftly identifying & resolving issues & ensuring client satisfaction & loyalty• Proactively analyzed large-scale bank statement to identify services & issues that directly assist customers and bank management in maintaining positive relationships• Drove onboarding of newly acquired customers through the identification of products & services that directly align with the needs of the new prospects to achieve their financial goals• Acquired critical knowledge of Wells Fargo’s commercial treasury solutions, including the compliance process, which drove new customer onboarding• Achieved & exceeded stated annual sales goals & regularly recognized with key internal awards such as Sales Excellence, Star Performer & Stellar Performer

Provided strategic guidance & financial knowledge to key customers in meeting their financial needs including driving products & solutions offerings that led to high customer service & corporate revenue growth• Onboarded & trained new team members in the understanding & importance of banking compliance to meet annual audits• Consistently strategized with senior bankers & corporate leaders in the construction of sales pipeline development through the implementation of weekly partner meetings• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to continuously meet & exceed stated business goals & objectives

Wrote over 40 NFL articles focusing on the Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, New York Jets and the Cincinnati Bengals.

Served as online philosophy instructor teaching & leading core courses to students all over the globe by providing them with engaging interactive learning experiences• Taught Ethics & Moral Reasoning which was a key introductory course to classical & contemporary philosophical issues• Regularly led Informal Logic: Valid & Invalid Reasoning, Fallacies & Introduction to Symbolic Logic

Led & managed marketing & business development functions to regularly provide research, data, graphs & critical analysis of strategic marketing goals• Hand-picked by internal marketing directors to manage growing team of highly-motivated marketing professionals withactive mentorship, coaching & educational opportunities• Drove high-profile marketing plan development & research assignments that increased new patient referrals by 20% inonly one calendar year• Established & nurtured positive relationships with all business clients & increased overall network of referrals by over 25%• Launched & maintained social media presence & marketing initiatives through partnerships with Facebook, Google,Twitter & LinkedIn

-  Assisted controller and senior accountant on accounts payables (AP) and account receivables (AR) transactions – reconciling, organizing journal entries and vendor invoices and/or payments.- Developed proficiency in QuickBooks and Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.

Dr. Russell’s lab study intended to show how curcumin inhibits glycolysis. Prior research had shown when muscles are at rest, enzymes (PFK-1 (phosophofructokinase-1), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and adenylate kinase (AK)) are inhibited. These enzymes are inhibited by ascorbate (AA).