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Transaction compliance for real-time payments and settlement using off-chain composable credentials- Architected novel compliance solution for real-time settlement for decentralized and traditional finance with a deep understanding of blockchain, DeFi, and payment regulations.- Formed three pre-product, pre-funding partnerships.

On-chain identity and compliance passport for DeFi and Web3- Owned product lifecycle from idea to requirements, development, launch, and iteration.- Defined company vision, roadmap, strategy, and metrics to guide product decision making.- Launched initial product and scaled to over 1,000 users in over 70 countries.- Organized and coordinated a multi-company transaction compliance standards committee (“Favorite committee I have been on” - Quadrata General Counsel).- Modeled P&L with various scenarios for business growth, hiring, expenses, and other changes in burn and revenue.- Modeled tokenomics for Quadrata Passport contract and other potential business plans.- Built consensus for development and release process and implemented change that saw a marked increase in stakeholder and developer satisfaction as well as fewer critical issues.- Represented Quadrata in interviews, at conferences, and in articles.- Wrote and maintained market research documents used to position Quadrata for fundraising and business development.

Platform for building AI chatbots and a consumer focused chatbot- Developed and prioritized multi-year product strategy, KPIs, and company roadmap.- Scaled Pandorabots platform to over 250,000 users.- Launched kuki.ai and scaled to over 75,000 users.- Oversaw the addition of machine learning and AI to chatbot development platform.- Hired and mentored a product engineer.- Designed and wrote decks for CEO for investor meetings and conference presentations.- Tracked revenue metrics for chatbot development platform.- Implemented payment processor upgrade using Braintree.- Performed user research to inform product development and other data-driven processes.- Added OAuth and SMS login methods to consumer focused chatbot.- Built APIs for external users as well as APIs that could be called from within the chatbots.

Project consulting covering product strategy, user research, and information architecture- Clients included Teamable and Pandorabots, which both resulted in full-time roles.

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SaaS product for enabling better surfacing of referrals and referral hiring pipelines- Managed all design efforts, including strategy, product design, content design, user research, branding, and marketing.- Regularly led executive team meetings, reported on product development status, and got alignment from senior management for product design strategy.- Redesigned product from the ground up, collaborating cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and customers to deliver a well-received upgrade.- Managed and grew design team from 0 to 3 (remote full-time, local contractor, and remote contractor); trained engineering team in design thinking to augment limited resources.- Mentored and hired team members across organization, including product management, design, engineering, and business development.

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Blockchain company focused on cross-border payments and contributor to XRPL ecosystem- Mentored new product managers to develop initial skills and senior product managers to enhance their design thinking and customer focus.- Designed and delivered bank-grade crypto wallet management products used by partners and Ripple’s treasury.- Managed cross-functional and cross-product data team, resourcing team to assist other product managers and delivering internal compliance products with varied stakeholders.- Partnered with CTO, senior engineering management, and cross-functional team to design and name REST API for banking software solutions.- Restructured data API to add new features, reduce development time, and reduce load for standard queries.- Worked closely with the executive team to write and define company values, OKRs, and strategy.Implemented company-wide product prioritization to help all teams allocate time and resources more effectively.- Led design for Ripple Trade, including user research, FX dashboard, information architecture, identity, and compliance solutions.- Restructured documentation process and led integration and product team meetings through change adoption.- Developed reports for business and development using internal data, starting with custom SQL queries, iterating on results, and implementing automated reports.

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Mountain View, California, Us

Neuroscience research devices and software for in vivo imaging- Designed and managed development of image capture, processing, and data analysis software suites.- Performed user research at multiple partner labs to improve hardware and software design.- Designed, built, and deployed to AWS the version of the Inscopix website using custom HTML, CSS, and javascript.- Sourced, hired, and managed external design and development team to update website, delivering all required features and stretch goals on time and under budget. - Managed all design resources, including branding, packaging, and conferences.

Designed and built websites using custom HTML, CSS, javascript, Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP as well as CMSs such as Drupal and Wordpress with custom plugins- Clients included Desmos, Ampush, and oLau Design Lab.