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Foster City, California, Us

Visa Direct NA Product & Go To Market StrategyBNPL/Installments Global Product & Go To Market Strategy

Hoffman Estates, Us

Lead product strategy and development for online cart and checkout and online operations for Transform Holdco LLC websites and mobile platforms (Sears & Kmart)• Collaborate with E-commerce Marketing, Analytics, Engineering, UX/UXR and Creative design, Fulfillment, Supply Chain & Logistics, Inventory Management, Store Operations teams to deliver customer focused solutions• Partner with multiple businesses including Online, Home Services, Kenmore Brands and Sears and Hometown Stores to drive innovation in Home Appliances by developing differentiating customer offerings • Lead vision, prioritization and implementation of Financial Services initiatives providing online users with multiple payment options • Primary liaison with Customer Service organization focusing on online experiences and customer service improvements based on survey feedback and customer contact insights across multiple channels

Chicago, Il, Us

Lead product strategy and development for online cart and checkout site-experience for Transform Holdco LLC websites and mobile platforms (Sears & Kmart)* Created a simpler and more intuitive checkout experience allowing users to complete their purchase faster. Optimized checkout conversion by leveraging site and experience analytics, crowd testing and user feedback tools* Lead Financial Services projects for online checkout including credit card product applications (Citibank), Online Leasing (Tempoe), Digital Wallets (Paypal, Masterpass) and Online Layaway* Directed the implementation of a monetized shipping experience that offered fulfillment choice to users. Launched multiple CRO tests (A/B and MVT) to optimize the experience.* Enhanced the Shop Your Way & Shop Your Way MAX (R) Loyalty programs structure and supporting end-to-end site experience changes

Chicago, Il, Us

Lead product strategy and development for online operations and fulfillment portfolio including site experience for Sears Holdings Corp websites and mobile platforms (Sears & Kmart) (over $150M in Transportation & Logistical Spend)* Partnered and implemented the Online Business Operations roadmap including Fulfillment, Supply Chain & Logistics, Multi-Channel Operations, Order Management, Fraud/Risk, Order Routing, Customer Service* Led a large scale migration of the online drop-ship vendor business (providing customers with an additional 300K merchandise items fulfilled by 900 different vendors) to new provider* Eliminated shipping expense by creating a multi-carrier integration framework to offer customers expanded services including weekend delivery while enhancing online parcel shipping capabilities* Developed complex sourcing logic for online shipping orders that provided accurate delivery dates, reduced average delivery times, realized drop in order cancellations from stores and reduced freight costs

Deerfield, Il, Us

Lead program management activities across online merchandising and shared areas of Walgreens.com and drugstore.com site entities including product discovery, order checkout, order fulfillment, cross-site functions (Login, Registration, Account) & internal tools for Merchandising and Content Administration (Business Control Center) and Customer Support (Commerce Service Center).* Directed scope and estimation for key divisional initiatives, managed resource forecasting of projects and monitored/reported budget health of funded programs* Led program planning activities across multiple office locations for 10 agile teams using tools and artifacts supporting Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies* Conducted vendor evaluation for 3 major initiatives and successfully led the vendor contract process in collaboration with technology, operations, sourcing and legal teams* Introduced a streamlined and efficient online product data on-boarding process by leading the Product Information Management (PIM) integration with the enterprise vendor portal* Accelerated the growth of mobile based partner apps for Pharmacy (8+ Prescription APIs) and Photo (50+ QuickPrints APIs) by developing an external developer platform* Instituted common processes, terminology and improved communications across project teams by leading a weekly divisional forum for the enhancement of project management methodology and best practices

Ewing, New Jersey, Us

Lead software product releases for consumer package goods and retail industry to implement global standard-based supply chain solutions. Direct high performance cross-functional team of 40+ US and offshore resources in engineering, operations, marketing and product launch and delivery. Oversee cost and time estimation, budgeting, statement of work with clients, project planning, project scheduling, resource allocation and status reporting.* Led a direct team of 8 business analysts and directed high performance cross-functional teams in engineering, operations, customer support, marketing and product management to drive technology implementations* Partnered and collaborated with 3 major retailers and 10+ major suppliers by conducting product integration design workshops and delivering on-site and online product trainings* Led a new product launch with 2 major retailers allowing them to introduce new vendor items with over 25% reduction in time-to-market

GS1 US, infiNET Solutions Inc., MachineWeb.com, Boston Management Consultants

Mba, Marketing, Strategy, Entrepreneurship

Ms, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electronics